'Homeopathy': Untangling the debate

Homeopathy

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Relton, Clare ^a   O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Thomas, Kate J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence base; Homeopathic medicines; Homeopathy; Observational studies; RCTs; Therapeutic system of homeopathy; Treatment by a homeopath

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; PEER REVIEW; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 47649106703     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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