Townsend Letter

Townsend Letter
Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Collin, MD[1]
Categories Alternative medicine[2]
Frequency Ten times per year[1]
Paid circulation 6000
Founder Jonathan Collin, MD
Year founded 1983
First issue 1983[1]
Country United States[1]
Based in Port Townsend, Washington[1]
Language English
Website www.townsendletter.com
ISSN 1940-5464

Townsend Letter, formerly Townsend Letter for Doctors, then Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, is a periodical focusing on alternative medicine which has been in circulation since 1983.[1][3] Townsend Letter's website notes in a disclaimer: "We encourage reports which frequently are not data-based but are anecdotal. Hence, information presented may not be proven or factually correct."[4]

Townsend Letter is listed as a "nonrecommended periodical" by the website Quackwatch.[5]

Abstracting and indexing

Townsend Letter is abstracted and indexed by EBSCO Publishing, Gale, and the British Library.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Feuerman, Francine; Handel, Marsha J. (1997). Alternative Medicine Resource Guide. Medical Library Association. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-3284-8.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Townsend Letter". Ulrichsweb. ProQuest LLC. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. "Quick Search – Townsend letter for doctors & patients [electronic resource]". London South Bank University Library. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. "About Townsend Letter". Townsend Letter. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. Hoffman, EJ (12 December 2010). Cancer and the Search for Selective Biochemical Inhibitors, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4200-4596-3.

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