Authors' reply to Fisher and 47 colleagues

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7828, 2011, Pages

  Bewley, Susan ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a   Garrow, John ^a   Ross, Nick ^a   Rose, Les ^a   Baum, Michael ^a   May, James ^a   Braillon, Alain ^a   Bender, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMEOPATHY; LETTER; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84859009195     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6693     Document Type: Letter

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