Bridging conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 30-34

  Atsumi, Kazuhiko ^a,c   Kamohara, Seika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDITATION; PULSE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE; RELIGION; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; JAPAN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 17644394543     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1411345     Document Type: Review

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