Alternative therapies for obesity: Benefit or rip-off

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-34

  Klein, Samuel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035154715     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20014091091689     Document Type: Short Survey

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