On pins and needles? Pediatric pain patients' experience with acupuncture

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4 II, 2000, Pages 941-947

  Kemper, Kathi J ^a   Sarah, Rebecca ^a   Silver Highfield, Ellen ^a   Xiarhos, Elizabeth ^b   Barnes, Linda ^c   Berde, Charles ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Chronic pain; Complementary medicine; Pediatric patients

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034117593     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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