Is integrative medicine the next new frontier in medicine?

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-207

  Chang, Christopher ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Autoimmune diseases; CAM; Complementary and alternative medicine; Immunology; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECZEMA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84877876833     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8313-3     Document Type: Article

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