Towards better reporting of interventions in clinical trials of acupuncture

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 801-803

  MacPherson, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Clinical trials; CONSORT; Intervention studies; STRICTA; Trial reports

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956818984     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20100901     Document Type: Editorial

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