Susruta of India, an unrecognized contributor to the history of exercise physiology

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1553-1556

  Tipton, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient history; Health; Humors, antiquity

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INDIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; EXERCISE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

EXERCISE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 49649092023     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00925.2007     Document Type: Review

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