Paying for alternative medicine: The role of health insurers

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 583, Issue SEPT., 2002, Pages 64-75

  Tillman, Robert ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044532140     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202583001005     Document Type: Article

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