Use of traditional drugs in a hospital of Chinese medicine in Germany

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Melchart, Dieter ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a   Weidenhammer, Wolfgang ^a   Hager, Stefan ^b   Liao, Jiazhen ^b   Bauer, Rudolf ^c   Wagner, Hildebert ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Hosp for Traditional Chinese Med   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese traditional medicine; Cross cultural study; Medicinal herbs; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CODING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032950948     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(199903/04)8:2<115::AID-PDS412>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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