Guidelines for case reports of adverse events related to acupuncture

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Peuker, Elmar ^a   Filler, Timm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adverse event; Case report; Complication; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942520194     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.22.1.29     Document Type: Article

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