Patient recruitment for clinical trials on traditional Chinese medicine: Challenges, barriers, and strategies

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-213

  Cheng, King Fai ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a   Wong, Lai Yi ^a   Fong, Yuet Shim ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Randomized controlled trials (RCT); Recruitment; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958835078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S3400     Document Type: Article

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