Dr. Zhang Chi, the Head of the Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine Unit (TCI) at the Headquarters of WHO (2010-2022)

Document Type : Editorial

Author

Assistant Professor, Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Highlights

Alireza Abbassian (Google Scholar)


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