Complementary and alternative medicine education: Need for expanded educational resources for American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology members

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 511-512

  Engler, Renata J M ^a   Silvers, William S ^b   Bielory, Leonard ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERNET; LETTER; MASSAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SINUSITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ASTHMA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649112422     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.11.020     Document Type: Letter

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