The physician and unorthodox cancer therapies

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Beckhardt, Stacey ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031028271     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.1.401     Document Type: Article

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