Evolution of magnetic therapy from alternative to traditional medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 729-754

  Vallbona, C ^a   Richards, T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0032875815     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30190-6     Document Type: Review

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