Complementary and alternative medicine education: Students' perspectives

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Dutta, Arjun P ^a   Miederhoff, Patrick A ^b   Pyles, Michael A ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine education; Cultural belief; Motivation; Student knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144479384     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj670246     Document Type: Article

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