Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , March 2009

Magneto-Acupuncture Stimuli Effects on Ultraweak Photon Emission from Hands of Healthy Persons

  • Sang-Hyun Park

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jungdae Kim

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, School of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Tae-Hoi Koo

      Affiliations

    • Hanseo Center for Biomagnetic Studies, Gangseo-Gu, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hanseo Center for Biomagnetic Studies, 348–2 Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-Gu, Seoul, 157–848, Korea

Received 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60014-5

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60014-5

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 40-48 , March 2009

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