Principles to guide integrative oncology and the development of an evidence base

Current Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue S2, 2008, Pages S83-S87

  Leis, Anne M ^a   Weeks, L C ^b   Verhoef, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; Integrative oncology; randomized controlled trials; whole systems research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749247840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v15i0.278     Document Type: Article

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