Quality of Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials of Herbal Medicine Interventions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Gagnier, Joel J ^a   DeMelo, Jaime ^b   Boon, Heather ^c   Rochon, Paula ^a,d,e,f   Bombardier, Claire ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Street Medical Centre ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative therapies; CONSORT guidelines; Controlled clinical trials; Herbal medicine; Methodological quality; Reporting quality

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA;

CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHINACEA; EPHEDRA; GINKGO BILOBA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPECIES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33748203060     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.02.006     Document Type: Review

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