Laser acupuncture and low-calorie diet during visceral obesity therapy after menopause

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Wozniak, Piotr ^a   Stachowiak, Grzegorz ^a   Piêta Doliñska, Agnieszka ^a   Oszukowski, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Laser acupuncture; Low calorie diet; Menopause; Visceral obesity

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; VISCERA;

EID: 0037283076     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.820113.x     Document Type: Article

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