Evidence based complementary and alternative medicine: Promises and problems

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Coulter, I D ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Samueli Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UBIDECARENONE;

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; LEISURE; LITERATURE; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 34247531542     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101054     Document Type: Review

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