Measurement properties of questionnaires assessing complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatrics: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Toupin April, Karine ^a   Moher, David ^a,b   Stinson, Jennifer ^c,d   Byrne, Ani ^d   White, Meghan ^c   Boon, Heather ^d   Duffy, Ciarán M ^a,e   Rader, Tamara ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^f   Tugwell, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863087157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039611     Document Type: Article

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