Complementary/alternative medicine use: Responsibilities and implications for pharmacy services

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Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 440-446

  Cohen, Kenneth R ^a   Cerone, Peter ^a   Ruggiero, Robert ^a  

^a Brookhaven Mem Hosp Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; LEGAL LIABILITY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036735232     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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