Acupuncture in an Outpatient Clinic in China: A Comparison with the Use of Acupuncture in North America

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 813-816

  Xu, Xinqi ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORTH AMERICA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORTH AMERICA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0035430725     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200108000-00012     Document Type: Article

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