Water and health: A forgotten connection?

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Moss, Gloria A ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balneotherapy; health; hydrotherapy; spas; water

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; BALNEOTHERAPY; FUNDING; HEALTH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; REVIEW; THALASSOTHERAPY; THERMAL SPRING;

BALNEOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY;

EID: 77957710531     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913910379192     Document Type: Review

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