CAM and pharmacists: Challenge or opportunity?

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-91

  Boon, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MINERAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; VITAMIN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; KOREA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19644393327     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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