Origin of innate immune responses: Revelation of food and medicinal applications

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 204-212

  Cooper, Edwin L ^a   Hirabayashi, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Earthworm; Innate immunity; Integrative medicine; Nutrition; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894544398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2225-4110.119708     Document Type: Article

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