Is the scientific publishing of complementary and alternative medicine objective?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-594

  Eskinazi, Daniel ^a   Muehsam, David ^b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EVALUATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033400232     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.1999.5.587     Document Type: Review

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