Alternative cancer medicine: A ten-year update

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 396-404

  Cassileth, Barrie R ^a,b   Chapman, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANCER THERAPY; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0029936199     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909609012168     Document Type: Review

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