One third of Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis use complementary and alternative medicine
β Scribed by Hiroshi Kajiyama; Hideto Akama; Hisashi Yamanaka; Akira Shoji; Yuko Matsuda; Eiichi Tanaka; Ayako Nakajima; Chihiro Terai; Masako Hara; Taisuke Tomatsu; Terunobu Saitoh; Naoyuki Kamatani
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-7595
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