Why pediatric health care providers are not using homeopathic antidiarrheal agents

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1071-1076

  Pappano, Dante ^a   Conners, Gregory ^b   McIntosh, Scott ^b   Humiston, Sharon ^b   Roma, Domenick ^b  

^a East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIDIARRHEALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37649012152     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0651     Document Type: Article

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