There is no alternative medicine

Medical Humanities

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-117

  Louhiala, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LITERATURE, MODERN; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650315063     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2010.004358     Document Type: Article

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