The philosophical, cultural, and historical aspects of complementary, alternative, unconventional, and integrative medicine in the old world

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1373-1386

  Oumeish, Oumeish Youssef ^a  

^a Amman Clinic   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CIRCUMCISION; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DIET RESTRICTION; GREECE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IRAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 3643052915     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.11.1373     Document Type: Review

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