Placebo in acupuncture trials [1]

Pain

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 195-

  Streitberger, Konrad ^a   Vickers, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONITORING; NEEDLE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 1842786054     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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