Evidence-based effect size estimation: An illustration using the case of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Johnston, Michael F ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Hui, Ka Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST TUMOR; FATIGUE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 61649111774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-1     Document Type: Article

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