Balneotherapy in medicine: A review

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Nasermoaddeli, Ali ^a,b   Kagamimori, Sadanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Review; Spa therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BALNEOTHERAPY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 24944564229     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.171     Document Type: Review

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