Evidence-based herbal medicine: Challenges in efficacy and safety assessments

Current Review Of Chinese Medicine: Quality Control Of Herbs And Herbal Material

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-26

  Fong, Harry H S ^a   Pauli, Guido F ^a   Bolton, Judy L ^a   Van Breemen, Richard B ^a   Banuvar, Suzanne ^b   Shulman, Lee ^b   Geller, Stacie E ^c   Farnsworth, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 55749110088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812774019_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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