'It couldn't hurt .... Could it?' Safety of complementary and alternative medicine practices

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 628-630

  Kruskal, Benjamin ^a  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHINESE DRUG; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INSULIN; KAVA; LEAD; MELATONIN; MERCURY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PRASTERONE; RESERPINE; SILDENAFIL; STEROID; VALERIAN; VITAMIN; WATER;

ABSCESS; ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTERY DISSECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HEMATOMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCELE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER FAILURE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDLE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SAFETY;

EID: 61849089980     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01264.x     Document Type: Review

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