Complementary/alternative medicine for asthma: We do not know what we need to know

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Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-3

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOGA;

EID: 0032960147     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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