The emerging socioeconomic and political support for alternative medicine in the United States

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 583, Issue SEPT., 2002, Pages 44-63

  Goldstein, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 23044534722     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716202583001004     Document Type: Article

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