Incidence of adverse effects during acupuncture therapy - A multicentre survey

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Ernst, Gernot ^a   Strzyz, H ^b   Hagmeister, H ^b  

^a Smerte og Palliativseksjon   (Norway)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT SENSATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TINGLING; SWEATING; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 0038481277     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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