Complementary and alternative medicine in asthma - Safety, effectiveness and costs

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 25-26, 2002, Pages 329-331

  Brutsche, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAFETY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037193951     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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