Homeopathic Arnica from Boiron and post-operative bleeding in mastectomized women in Milan: Statistical flaws and bias to be addressed

10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.05.001

Salvatore Chirumbolo；Geir Bjørklund

Arnica ； Homeopathy ； Breast cancer ； Mastectomy ； Statistics ； Bias

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

8卷1期（2018 / 01 / 01）

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