Linking Ayurveda and Western medicine by integrative analysis
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Linking Ayurveda and Western medicine by integrative analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0975-9476
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.113882