Complementary medicine: Its hidden risks

Diabetes Care

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1486-1488

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035432296     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.8.1486     Document Type: Article

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