Massage for pain and anxiety in cancer patients

Alternative Medicine Alert

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-11

  O'Mathúna, Dónal P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 79955912904     PISSN: 1096942X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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