A critical analysis of chromotherapy and its scientific evolution

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-488

  Yousuf Azeemi, Samina T ^a,b   Raza, S Mohsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Physics ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Charge quantization; Chromotherapy; Electromagnetic waves

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR THERAPY; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; MYALGIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; VIBRATION;

EID: 28644440329     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh137     Document Type: Review

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