Acupuncture: On what should its evidence base be based?

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 34-35

  Hammerschlag, Richard ^a  

^a OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LICENSING; MEDICINE; NOTE; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141484712     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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