An approach to teaching dermatologists about complementary medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 899-904

  Ben Arye, Eran ^a,c   Frenkel, M ^a,b   Ziv, M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 8644289477     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.899     Document Type: Review

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