Revisiting the sham: Is it all smoke and mirrors?

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Horn, Brandon ^a,b,c,d   Balk, Judith ^e   Gold, Jeffrey I ^d,f  

^a Eastern Center for Complementary Medicine   (United States)

^b American University of Complementary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 79959243768     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neq074     Document Type: Review

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