The evidence-base for complementary medicine in children: A critical overview of systematic reviews

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 769-776

  Hunt, Katherine ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IVY EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLIC; COMMON COLD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IVY; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960492086     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.179036     Document Type: Review

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