Basic tenets of mineral water: A glossary of concepts relating to balneology, mineral water, and the spa

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-550

  Routh, Hirak Behari ^a   Bhowmik, Kazal Rekha ^a   Parish, Lawrence Charles ^a   Witkowski, Joseph A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL WATER; SEA WATER;

BALNEOTHERAPY; BATH; CLIMATOTHERAPY; EVAPORATION; HYDROTHERAPY; MUD THERAPY; NOTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030293206     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(96)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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