Involvement of ayurvedic practitioners in oral health care in the United States

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1120-1126

  Brar, Bhupinder S ^a   Norman, Robert G ^a   Dasanayake, Ananda P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A.y.urveda.; A.y.urvedic.; Alternative medicine; Complementary m.e.dicine.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868103674     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0043     Document Type: Article

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