A study of the relative precision of acupoint location methods

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 635-642

  Aird, Mark ^a   Cobbin, Deirdre M ^a   Rogers, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036803535     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555302320825156     Document Type: Article

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