The non-specific effects of acupuncture treatment: When and how to control for them

Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-25

  Birch, Stephen ^a   Hammerschlag, Richard ^a   Trinh, Kien ^a   Zaslawski, Chris ^a  

^a Stichting Study Trad E Asian Med   (Netherlands)

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PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036272290     PISSN: 14611449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/caom.2001.0118     Document Type: Article

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