Research into complementary and alternative medicine: Problems and potential

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7279, 2001, Pages 161-164

  Nahin, R L ^a   Straus, S E ^a  

^a National Institutes of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0035915693     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7279.161     Document Type: Review

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