Current challenges in appraising complementary medicine evidence

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-

  Sarris, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATENT; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84859115902     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10751     Document Type: Article

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