Auricular acupuncture in the treatment of cocaine/crack abuse: A review of the efficacy, the use of the national acupuncture detoxification association protocol, and the selection of sham points

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 985-1000

  D'Alberto, Attilio ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DATA BASE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144269561     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.985     Document Type: Review

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