Hypericum for fatigue - A pilot study

Phytomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 443-447

  Stevinson, C ^a   Dixon, M ^b   Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Fatigue; Hypericum; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000409896     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(98)80040-8     Document Type: Article

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