UnderstandingTraditional Chinese medicine - A doctor's viewpoint

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 487-492

  Ho, Nai Kiong ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Herbal medicine; Moxibustion; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERBAL MEDICINE; SINGAPORE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, HERBAL; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035495324     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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