Toward a unified theory of homeopathy and conventional medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 759-769

  Milgrom, Lionel R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; HOMEOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMPTOM; THEORY; VIRUS INFECTION;

HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 35348885060     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6369     Document Type: Article

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