Complementary Medicine for the Modification of Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment

نویسندگان

  • Genevieve Z Steiner
  • Sai Wang Seto
  • Yiu Wa Kwan
  • Crystal Haskell-Ramsay
  • David A Camfield
چکیده

1National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia 2School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong 3Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 4School of Psychology and Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2252, Australia 5Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

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دوره 2017  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017