Assessment of the quality of reporting for treatment components in Cochrane reviews of acupuncture

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Kun Hyung ^a   Kang, Jung Won ^b   Lee, Myeong Soo ^c   Lee, Jae Dong ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EVALUATION STUDY; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84892846597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004136     Document Type: Article

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