An overview of 45 published database resources for complementary and alternative medicine

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-105

  Boehm, Katja ^a   Raak, Christa ^a   Vollmar, Horst Christian ^b   Ostermann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC;

EID: 77952218008     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00888.x     Document Type: Review

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