Veterinary homeopathy: Systematic review of medical conditions studied by randomised placebo-controlled trials

Veterinary Record

Volumn 175, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 373-381

  Mathie, Robert T ^a   Clausen, Jürgen ^b  

^a BRITISH HOMEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HOMEOPATHY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HOMEOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84908018558     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101767     Document Type: Review

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