Complementary and alternative medicine in us medical schools

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-117

  Cowen, Virginia S ^a   Cyr, Vicki ^b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; Complementary and alternative medicine; Curriculum; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942572034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S69761     Document Type: Article

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