Alternative medicine - Boom or bust?

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Olshansky, Brian ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; AMINO ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARNITINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; FISH OIL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; NANDROLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TYRAMINE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN; YOHIMBINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDITATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036194990     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017984532559     Document Type: Article

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