Complementary and alternative medicine: contemporary trends and issues

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Smith, Joanna M ^a   John Sullivan, S ^b   David Baxter, G ^b  

^a Southern Institute of Technology   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Challenges; Complementary and alternative medicine; Issues; Utilization patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871629695     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000013     Document Type: Article

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