Heterogeneity of skin surface oxygen level of wrist in relation to acupuncture point

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hong, Minyoung ^a   Park, Sarah S ^b   Ha, Yejin ^b   Lee, Jaegeun ^a   Yoo, Kwangsik ^a   Jhon, Gil Ja ^b   Suh, Minah ^a   Lee, Youngmi ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKIN SURFACE; WRIST;

EID: 84862297465     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/106762     Document Type: Article

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