The use of complementary/alternative medicine for the treatment of asthma in the United States

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Davis, P A ^a,b   Gold, E B ^b   Hackman, P M ^b   Stern, J S ^a,b   Gershwin, M Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative practice; Asthma; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031864815     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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