Predictive value of auricular diagnosis on coronary heart disease

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kwai Ping Suen, Lorna ^a   Lau, Yuk Kong ^b   Ma, Hok Cheung ^c   Lai, Kam Wai ^d   Holroyd, Eleanor ^e  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Tang Shiu Kin Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^d GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EAR; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 84872783007     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/706249     Document Type: Article

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