Reproductions and reproducibility in homeopathy: Dogma or tool?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 771-772

  Baumgartner, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AIR; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 28444491052     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.771     Document Type: Editorial

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