Adverse events associated with acupuncture reported in 2000 [1]

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 136-137

  White, Adrian ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONVULSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FATIGUE; FETUS DISEASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION PAIN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAFETY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 0035700491     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.19.2.136     Document Type: Letter

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