The Memory of Water: an overview

Homeopathy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Chaplin, Martin F ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; homeopathy; memory of water; water clusters

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIA MEDICA; PHOTONS; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 34547175697     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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