A survey of evidence users about the information need of acupuncture clinical evidence

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Xiue ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiaoqin ^a,b   Liu, Yali ^a   Li, Xiuxia ^a   Wei, Dang ^a   Zhao, Xu ^a   Gu, Jing ^d   Yang, Kehu ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese GRADE Center   (China)

^c Rehabilitation Center Hospital of Gansu   (China)

^d GANSU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture SR MAs; Evidence users; Information need; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCIENTIST; SEARCH ENGINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHINA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994827778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1434-0     Document Type: Article

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