Ayurveda and the battle against chronic disease: An opportunity for Ayurveda to go mainstream

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-12

  Hankey, Alex ^a  

^a Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AYURVEDA; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 79952949214     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.59819     Document Type: Review

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