Systematic reviews and CAM

Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 19-36

  Manheimer, Eric ^a,b   Ezzo, Jeanette ^c  

^a CAM Field of the Cochrane Collaboration ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JPS Enterprises   (United States)

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EID: 84905887361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203019986     Document Type: Chapter

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