Skin and wound care: Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in public health dermatology

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Policy and Public Health Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 311-348

  Burford, Gemma ^a,b   Bodeker, Gerard ^a,c,d   Ryan, Terence J ^e  

^a Global Initiative For Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Aang Serian (House Of Peace)   (Tanzania)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84967394948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860949135_0014     Document Type: Chapter

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