Medicinal foods: Cross-cultural perspectives

Food as a Drug

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 49-64

  Chen, Chu Huang ^a   Voiding, Devin C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosscultural; Herbs; Medicinal foods; Nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071746607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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