Clinical audit, outcomes and complementary medicine

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Abbot, N C ^a   Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical efficacy; Outcome studies; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012471939     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210333     Document Type: Article

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