Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 293-296 , 1 September 2006

Children’s Visits to Providers of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in San Diego

  • Suzanne C. Hughes, PhD, MPH
    • ,
  • Deborah L. Wingard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Deborah L. Wingard, PhD, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr, 0607, La Jolla, CA 92093-0607

Received 28 July 2004 ,Accepted 15 November 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(06)00161-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2005.11.007

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 293-296 , 1 September 2006

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