Spirit causation and illness in Tibetan medicine

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

Volumn 10/10, Issue , 2007, Pages 213-224

  Samuel, Geoffrey ^a  

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EID: 85003781955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15686183     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004155503.i-449.75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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