Policy and public health perspectives on traditional, complementary and alternative medicine: An overview

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Policy and Public Health Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 9-40

  Bodeker, Gerard ^a,b,c   Kronenberg, Fredi ^d   Burford, Gemma ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Global Initiative For Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84967566784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860949135_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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