State of art of the regulative situation of nonconventional medicines in Italy

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-142

  Roberti di Sarsina, Paolo ^a   Iseppato, Ilaria ^b  

^a Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; ITALY; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 77649163818     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0452     Document Type: Letter

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