Essential Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2-39

  Spencer, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 13644251483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02028-2.50005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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