An alternative way to individualized medicine: psychological and physical traits of Sasang typology.
BACKGROUND: Disease susceptibility and drug response of individuals are presumed to be different depending on their personality traits. The Sasang typology, a traditional Korean medical typology, explains the individual differences of vulnerability to pathology and proposes guidelines for the safe a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 519 - 529 |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Aug2003
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