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Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-409

Interpretive bias in acupuncture research?: A case study

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Back pain; Clinical trials; Interpretive bias

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MASS MEDIUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 71549137120     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278709353394     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (21)

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