Kampo medicine as an integrative medicine in Japan

Japan Medical Association Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-149

  Nishimura, Ko ^a   Plotnikoff, Gregory A ^a,b   Watanabe, Kenji ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHINESE DRUG; KAMPO;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 70350147368     PISSN: 13468650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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