Smart talk on supplements and botanicals: Ginseng and other adaptogenic herbs

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Dog, Tieraona Low ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 77249170374     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2010.16101     Document Type: Review

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