Prospective registration, bias risk and outcome-reporting bias in randomised clinical trials of traditional Chinese medicine: An empirical methodological study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Jian Ping ^a   Han, Mei ^a   Li, Xin Xue ^a   Mu, Yu Jie ^a   Lewith, George ^b   Wang, Yu Yi ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^c   Yang, Guo Yan ^a   Manheimer, Eric ^d   Snellingen, Torkel ^a   Berman, Brian ^d   Gluud, Christian ^e  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMPIRICISM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOXIBUSTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84880646383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002968     Document Type: Article

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