Complementary and alternative medicines: A meta-synthesis;Medicinas alternativas e complementares: Uma metassíntese

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Spadacio, Cristiane ^a   Castellanos, Marcelo Eduardo Pfeiffer ^b   de Barros, Nelson Filice ^a   Alegre, Sarah Monte ^a   Tovey, Philip ^c   Broom, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Meta analysis; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749252299     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000100002     Document Type: Review

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