Applying principles from complex systems to studying the efficacy of CAM therapies

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1015-1022

  Ahn, Andrew C ^a,b   Nahin, Richard L ^c   Calabrese, Carlo ^d   Folkman, Susan ^e   Kimbrough, Elizabeth ^f   Shoham, Jacob ^g   Haramati, Aviad ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c National Institutes of Health   (United States)

^d National College of Natural Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTIC METHOD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMEOPATHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 77956895749     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0593     Document Type: Review

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