Are the criteria currently used to rate the quality of clinical studies sufficient to warrant valid results?

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 171-175

  Aust, Norbert ^a  

^a NOT AVAILABLE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homeopathy; outcome measure; precision; significance; study quality

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA PROCESSING; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84887653526     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: 20427166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fct.12062     Document Type: Review

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