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Metadata
Title
Homeopathy: bias, mis-interpretation and other
Author
Salvatore Chirumbolo
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Journal of Medicine and the Person / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 2035-9411
Electronic ISSN: 2036-3877
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12682-012-0141-y

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