Placebo-controlled trials of Chinese herbal medicine and conventional medicine comparative study
Author(s) -
Aijing Shang,
Karin Huwiler,
Linda Nartey,
Peter Jüni,
Matthias Egger
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dym119
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , clinical trial , meta analysis , traditional chinese medicine , traditional medicine , medline , publication bias , relative risk , alternative medicine , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , pathology , political science , law
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is increasingly used in the West, but the evidence on its effectiveness is a matter of debate. We compared the characteristics, study quality and results of clinical trials of CHM and conventional medicine.
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