Integrating Chinese and Western medicine in cancer treatment

Supportive Cancer Care with Chinese Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 341-361

  Chiaramonte, Delia ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 82055192297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3555-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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