Operational definition of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine derived from a systematic search

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2022, Pages

  Ng, Jeremy Y ^a,b   Dhawan, Tushar ^a   Dogadova, Ekaterina ^a   Taghi Zada, Zhala ^a   Vacca, Alexandra ^a   Wieland, L Susan ^c   Moher, David ^b,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Integrative medicine; Operational definition; Standard of classification

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CINAHL; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; PSYCINFO; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; METHODOLOGY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85128087563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26627671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03556-7     Document Type: Article

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