A systematic review of the economic evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine

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Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 202-214

  Coon, Joanna Thompson ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Economic evaluation; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944570236     PISSN: 09350020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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