Reliability studies of diagnostic methods in Indian traditional Ayurveda medicine: An overview.

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Published in J Ayurveda Integr Med on April 01, 2013

Authors

Vrinda Hitendra Kurande1, Rasmus Waagepetersen, Egon Toft, Ramjee Prasad

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Science, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.

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