Quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials of herbal interventions in ASEAN plus six countries: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pratoomsoot, Chayanin ^a   Sruamsiri, Rosarin ^a,e   Dilokthornsakul, Piyameth ^a,f   Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn ^a,b,c,d  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION; AUSTRALIA; BANANA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CASSIA; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHECKLIST; CHINA; CLINACANTHUS NUTANS; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSOLIDATED STANDARDS OF REPORTING TRIAL CHECKLIST; CURCUMA LONGA; DATA EXTRACTION; DERRIS; DERRIS SCANDENS; GARCINIA MANGOSTANA; GINGER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSIPHON; ORTHOSIPHON GRANDIFLORUS; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENNA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922369303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108681     Document Type: Article

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