Investigating the reliability of Japanese toyohari meridian therapy diagnosis.

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Published in J Altern Complement Med on October 01, 2009

Authors

Kylie Ann O'Brien1, Estelle Abbas, Paul Movsessian, Michael Hook, Paul A Komesaroff, Stephen Birch

Author Affiliations

1: Victoria University , Melbourne, Australia. kylie.obrien@vu.edu.au

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