Fatalities after CAM: An overview

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 587, 2011, Pages 404-405

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; CHYLOTHORAX; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIVER INJURY; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CHELATING AGENTS; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053203090     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X578070     Document Type: Review

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