Unique place of Kampo (Japanese traditional medicine) in complementary and alternative medicine: A survey of doctors belonging to the regional medical association in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-63

  Watanabe, Satoko ^a   Imanishi, Jiro ^a   Satoh, Masako ^a   Ozasa, Kotaro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035351390     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.194.55     Document Type: Article

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