Conducting literature searches on ayurveda in pubmed, Indian, and other databases

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1225-1237

  Narahari, Saravu R ^a   Aggithaya, Madhur Guruprasad ^b   Suraj, Kumbla R ^a  

^a Institute of Applied Dermatology   (India)

^b Kasaragod ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; DATA BASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INDIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITILIGO;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBMED; SUBJECT HEADINGS; VITILIGO;

EID: 78249235288     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0730     Document Type: Article

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