Testing traditionally based systems of acupuncture

Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 84-87

  Birch, Stephen ^a  

^a Study of Traditional East Asian Med   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345256603     PISSN: 14611449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1461-1449(03)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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