Overview of models used in controlled acupuncture studies and thoughts about questions answerable by each

Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 207-217

  Birch, Stephen ^a  

^a Stichting Foundation for STEAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; NALOXONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037219028     PISSN: 14611449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1461-1449(02)00044-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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