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

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mathie, Robert T ^a   Clausen, Jürgen ^b  

^a BRITISH HOMEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trials; Systematic review; Veterinary homeopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HOMEOPATHY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; STANDARDS; VETERINARY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; HOMEOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84941564471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0542-2     Document Type: Article

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