Inflammatory bowel disease professionals’ attitudes to and experiences of complementary and alternative medicine
✍ Scribed by Lindberg, Annelie; Ebbeskog, Britt; Karlen, Per; Oxelmark, Lena
- Book ID
- 121585294
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1472-6882
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