Green tea for tinea manuum in bedridden patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-65

  Fujii, Masahiko ^a   Sato, Takuma ^a   Sato, Toshihiro ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; JAPAN; LETTER; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; TINEA MANUUM;

EID: 61549131883     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2003.00121.x     Document Type: Letter

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