Alternative therapies for asthma: Are patients at risk?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-429

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Posadzki, Paul ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Asthma; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; DRUG SAFETY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LEISURE; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84867912462     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-5-427     Document Type: Article

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