Smoking cessation with acupuncture? A ‘best evidence synthesis’

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-105

  White, A R ^a   Resch, K L ^a   Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003140953     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210305     Document Type: Article

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