Tai chi for osteoporosis: a systematic review.

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Published in Osteoporos Int on October 23, 2007

Authors

M S Lee1, M H Pittler, B-C Shin, E Ernst

Author Affiliations

1: Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter, EX2 4NT, UK. myeong.lee@pms.ac.uk

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