Massage and cancer: Practice guidelines

Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Walters, Stephen John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Evidence based medicine; Guidelines; Massage

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049384549     PISSN: 13263390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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