Need to develop inter-cultural standards for quality, safety and efficacy of traditional Indian systems of medicine

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1499-1505

  Shankar, Darshan ^a   Unnikrishnan, P M ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Padma ^a  

^a Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Inter cultural standards; Medicinal plants; Quality standards; Traditional health sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347218896     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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