Contraindications To Continuous And Pulsed Short-wave Diathermy

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-143

  Shields, Nora ^a   Gormley, John ^a   O'Hare, Neil ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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EID: 1542636727     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/108331902125002599     Document Type: Review

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