Use and toxicity of complementary and alternative medicines among patients visiting emergency department: systematic review.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2146-8397
DOI: 10.5455/jice.20160223105521