Chaos, fractals, and our concept of disease

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 584-595

  Varela, Manuel ^a   Ruiz Esteban, Raul ^a   Mestre De Juan, Maria Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

CAUSALITY; DISEASE; FRACTALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 78149232121     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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