Weight, health, and culture: Shifting the paradigm for alternative health care

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-69

  Robison, Jonathan Isaac ^a,b  

^a Michigan Center for Preventative Medicince   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18844402338     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153321019900500107     Document Type: Article

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