Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints: A comparative study on outcome in the primary care setting

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Haidvogl, Max ^a   Riley, David S ^b   Heger, Marianne ^c   Brien, Sara ^d   Jong, Miek ^e   Fischer, Michael ^f   Lewith, George T ^d   Jansen, Gerard ^g   Thurneysen, André E ^e  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HomInt   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e VSM Geneesmiddelen   (Netherlands)

^f ClinResearch GmbH   (Germany)

^g University of Bern ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BRYONIA ALBA EXTRACT; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAUSTIC AGENT; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; LYCOPODIUM EXTRACT; MERCURY CHLORIDE; ONION EXTRACT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA EXTRACT; POTASSIUM CHROMATE; PULSATILLA EXTRACT; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BRYONIA ALBA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS; GERMANY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYCOPODIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OTALGIA; PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSATILLA; RHINORRHEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINUS PAIN; SORE THROAT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OTITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; EARACHE; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947697654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-7     Document Type: Article

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