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Alternative medicine on trial
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.180
Subject(s) - clinical trial , food and drug administration , medicine , natural history , alternative medicine , pharmacology , pathology
Scientists are increasingly applying the rigours of clinical trials to test the efficacy of alternative therapies and natural compounds. The results so far give a mixed picture whether the therapies tested fare better than classical drugs or even placebo.
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