Use of and satisfaction with homeopathy in a patient population

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 60-65

  Goldstein, Michael S ^a   Glik, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032012164     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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