Placebo/nocebo symptom reporting in a sham herbal supplement trial

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-406

  Link, Jessica ^a   Haggard, Rob ^a   Kelly, Kimberly ^a   Forrer, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Expectancy; Nocebo; Placebo; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 33750715420     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278706293403     Document Type: Article

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