Toward an Electromagnetic Paradigm for Biology and Medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Liboff, Abraham R ^a,b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENOME; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

EID: 1442311600     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555304322848940     Document Type: Review

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