Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Are Canadian physicians failing with conventional therapy, or not?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-48

  Bernstein, Charles N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b John Buhler Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MESALAZINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELIAC DISEASE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTERITIS; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 1442326129     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/507410     Document Type: Article

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