Review of randomised controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine
BMJPublished 17 July 1999Open access
Jih‐Luh Tang, Shuyu Zhan, E. Ernst
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The total number of randomised controlled trials published in China is estimated and problems in applying such methodology to the evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine are identified.
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Decision SciencesMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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