An investigation into the reliability of Chinese medicine diagnosis according to eight guiding principles and Zang-Fu theory in Australians with hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-266

  O'Brien, Kylie A ^a,b   Abbas, Estelle ^b   Zhang, Jiansheng ^c   Guo, Zhi Xin ^d   Luo, Ruizhi ^d   Bensoussan, Alan ^e   Komesaroff, Paul A ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tianjin Tasly Group Co Ltd   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIGHT GUIDING PRINCIPLE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPLEEN DEFECT; THEORY; ZANG FU THEORY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VICTORIA; YANG DEFICIENCY; YIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 62649130251     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0204     Document Type: Article

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