Designing clinical studies that take into account traditional East Asian medicine's systems and methods - With focus on pattern identification

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 332-335

  Alraek, Terje ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Norwegian University College of Health Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

clinical knowledge; clinical trials; pattern identification; research

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ASIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTAL MEDICINE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84900534552     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-014-1807-5     Document Type: Review

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