Effect of acupuncture in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis: A randomized controlled clinical trial

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Xue, Charlie Changli ^a   English, Robert ^a   Zhang, Jerry Jiansheng ^a   Da Costa, Cliff ^a   Li, Chun Guang ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Differentiation; Efficacy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Safety; Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036052385     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0200020X     Document Type: Article

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