Study designs of randomized controlled trials not based on Chinese medicine theory are improper

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yan, Jian ^a   Engle, Veronica F ^a   He, Yuxin ^b   Jiao, Yan ^a   Gu, Weikuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Acupuncture and Chinese Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; ENDURANCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; THEORY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049110516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-3     Document Type: Article

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