Patient - Heal thyself? Electrophysiology meets alternative medicine

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 403-405

  Olshansky, Brian ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0035034544     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00403.x     Document Type: Editorial

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