Complementary and alternative medicine: Where's the evidence?

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 436-440

  Hall, Helen G ^a   McKenna, Lisa G ^a   Griffiths, Debra L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77954858076     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2010.18.7.48783     Document Type: Article

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