Prospective studies of the safety of acupuncture: A systematic review

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 481-485

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   White, Adrian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION; PAIN; PATIENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; SAMPLE; SYNCOPE; TECHNIQUE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035870570     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00651-9     Document Type: Review

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