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Assessing the quality of reports of randomized trials in pediatric complementary and alternative medicine.
Moher D, Soeken K, Sampson M, Ben-Porat L, BMC Pediatr. 2002;2(1):2/ Epub  2002 Feb 27.

Randomized controlled trials in pediatric complementary and alternative medicine: where can they be found?

Sampson M, Campbell K, Ajiferuke I, Moher D.

Visits to complementary and alternative medicine providers by children and adolescents in the United States.
Yussman SM, Ryan SA, Auinger P, Weitzman M.

Natural health product use in Canada.
Troppmann L, Johns T, Gray-Donald K

Pediatricians' recommendations for complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies.
Kemper KJ, O'Connor KG.

Factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children.
Davis MF, Meaney FJ, Duncan B.

Complementary therapies in pediatrics: a legal perspective.
Cohen MH, Kemper KJ.

The evidence base for complementary and alternative medicine: methods of Evidence Mapping with application to CAM.
Katz DL, Williams AL, Girard C, Goodman J, Comerford B, Behrman A, Bracken MB.

 

Please also see attached LIST OF RCTs in Pediatric CAM provided by Margaret Sampson and the Chalmers Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Canada (http://www.chalmersresearch.com/). This list of RCTs is a result of the work from the following paper, with updates since that time:  Sampson M, Campbell K, Ajiferuke I, Moher D. Randomized controlled trials in pediatric complementary and alternative medicine: where can they be found?BMC Pediatrics 2003 Feb 14;3:1. Epub 2003 Feb 14. These RCTs are also searcheable in the CAM search