Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 93-106 , June 2009

Bonghan Circulatory System as an Extension of Acupuncture Meridians

  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea

Received 17 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 April 2009.

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PII: S2005-2901(09)60041-8

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60041-8

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 93-106 , June 2009

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