Searching for controlled trials of complementary and alternative medicine: A comparison of 15 databases

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sampson, Margaret ^a,c   Cogo, Elise ^a,b   Ajiferuke, Isola ^b   Manheimer, Eric ^d   Campbell, Kaitryn ^e   Daniel, Raymond ^a   Moher, David ^f,g  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUBRIEFS DATABASE; ACUDOC2 RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL DATABASE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALLIED AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE DATABASE; ALT HEALTHWATCH DATABASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINAHL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST; GLOBAL HEALTH DATABASE; HOM INFORM DATABASE; INDEX TO CHIROPRACTIC LITERATURE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANUAL ALTERNATIVE AND NATURAL THERAPY INDEX; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO;

EID: 80052699748     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep038     Document Type: Article

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