Back to the future - The role of complementary medicine in urology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 411-420

  Fair, William R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; History of medicine; Neoplasms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE; SELENIUM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; URINARY TRACT CANCER; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW; SELF HELP; STRESS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 0032879045     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68573-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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