Traditional cambodian medicine

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Richman, Mark J ^a   Nawabi, Suhaila ^b   Patty, Lauren ^c   Ziment, Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RELIGION; TATTOO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77955239069     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1194     Document Type: Article

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