Impact of Including Korean Randomized Controlled Trials in Cochrane Reviews of Acupuncture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Kun Hyung ^a   Kong, Jae Cheol ^b   Choi, Jun Yong ^c   Choi, Tae Young ^d   Shin, Byung Cheul ^c   McDonald, Steve ^e   Lee, Myeong Soo ^d  

^a Korean Medicine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KOREA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867432752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047619     Document Type: Article

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