Acupuncture for alcohol withdrawal: A randomized controlled trial

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-375

  Trümpler, François ^a   Oez, Suzan ^a   Stähli, Peter ^b   Brenner, Hans Dieter ^b   Jüni, Peter ^b,c  

^a University Hospitals of Geneva   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0038690388     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg091     Document Type: Article

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