Complementary therapies for addictions: Not an alternative

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1491-1492

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CHAMOMILE; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTAMINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LINSEED OIL; PEPPERMINT; VALERIAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUNSELING; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; EPHEDRA SINICA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MUSIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; YOGA;

ALCOHOLISM; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 0036909106     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00281.x     Document Type: Editorial

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