Secret remedies: 100 Years on

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7735, 2009, Pages 1386-

  Colquhoun, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LAW; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUACKERY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 73149120491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b5432     Document Type: Editorial

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