Components of practical clinical detox programs - Sauna as a therapeutic tool

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Crinnion, Walter ^a,b,c  

^a Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

^b BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; DIAPHORESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; SAUNA;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; STEAM BATH; SWEATING; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 33947250871     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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