Alternative medicine's encounter with laboratory science: The scientific construction of Korean medicine in a global age

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 855-880

  Kim, Jongyoung ^a  

^a Specialty Construction Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Globalization; Korean medicine; Laboratory studies; Neuroscience; Scientific translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448995492     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312707076600     Document Type: Article

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