Digging in the herb garden: responding to a patient's query about thunder god vine.
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Lessons From the Field Michael J. Balick is vice president for research and training and director of the Institute of Economic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, NY. Roberta Lee is medical director of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing and codirector of the Integrative Medical Fellowship of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Alternative therapies in health and medicine
دوره 7 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001