Electrostimulators for acupuncture: Safety issues

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-44

  Lytle, C David ^a,c   Thomas, Brenton M ^b   Gordon, Edward A ^a   Krauthamer, Victor ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034004183     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2000.6.37     Document Type: Article

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