Complementary medicine and oncologists' attitudes: A survey in Italy

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Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 539-542

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Crotti, Nadia ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Musso, Marco ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; complementary medicine; natural medicine; unconventional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER; HUMAN; ITALY;

EID: 0030436027     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200605     Document Type: Article

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