Kampo medicine for palliative care in Japan

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Okumi, Hirokuni ^a   Koyama, Atsuko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cachexia; Chemotherapy; Kampo medicine; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892655730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-8-6     Document Type: Review

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