Complementary and alternative medicine in 2006: Optimising the dose of the intervention

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 574-575

  Berman, Jonathan ^a   Chesney, Margaret A ^a  

^a National Institutes of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMMON COLD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DILUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDITATION; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE;

EID: 29444460121     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00038.x     Document Type: Editorial

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