Improved quality monitoring of multi-center acupuncture clinical trials in China

Trials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Liang, Fan Rong ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Zhang, Fu Wen ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Wu, Xi ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHINA; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 74549186940     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-123     Document Type: Article

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