Improving the quality of reporting acupuncture interventions: describing the collaboration between STRICTA, CONSORT and the Chinese Cochrane Centre

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b   Altman, Douglas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Foundation for Research into Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 77953427409     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Review

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