A new geometrical description of entanglement and the curative homeopathic process

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Milgrom, Lionel R ^a,b  

^a Homeopathy Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; GEOMETRY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MATERIA MEDICA; MENTAL HEALING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 42049094891     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0674     Document Type: Article

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