Clinical trials in cancer part II. Biomedical, complementary, and alternative medicine: significant issues.
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CDR Colleen O. Lee, RN, MS, AOCN®, is a practice assessment program manager in the Offi ce of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. (Mention of specifi c products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or the Oncology Nursing Society.)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
دوره 8 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004