State-Space Grid Analysis: Applications for Clinical Whole Systems Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Forschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1661-4127,1661-4119
DOI: 10.1159/000335187