Best available evidence in cochrane reviews on herbal medicine?

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Davidson, Elyad ^a   Vlachojannis, Julia ^b   Cameron, Melainie ^c   Chrubasik, Sigrun ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880206687     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/163412     Document Type: Review

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