Stakeholders' perspectives on the regulation and integration of complementary and alternative medicine products in Lebanon: A qualitative study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alameddine, Mohamad ^a   Naja, Farah ^a   Abdel Salam, Sarah ^a   Maalouf, Salwa ^a   Matta, Claudia ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MARKETING; POLITICS; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG TOXICITY; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; LEBANON; MARKETING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 80052028422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-71     Document Type: Article

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