Mainstream and alternative medicine: Converging paths require common standards

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-150

  Bondurant, Stuart ^a,b   Sox, Harold C ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EID: 11844254851     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-2-200501180-00015     Document Type: Review

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