Bio-psycho-social medicine is a comprehensive form of medicine bridging clinical medicine and public health

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a,b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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EID: 78049374000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-19     Document Type: Editorial

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