Homeopathy: Clarifying its relationship to hormesis

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 531-536

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Jonas, Wayne B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dose response; homeopathy; hormesis; overcompensation; stress response; tissue repair

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE RESPONSE; HOMEOPATHY; HORMESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; TISSUE REPAIR; ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; PROCEDURES; TOXICOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 77953841445     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110369857     Document Type: Review

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