Tactile massage within the primary health care setting

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-160

  Andersson, Katarina ^a   Törnkvist, Lena ^a   Wändell, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649873008     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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