Exploring the evidence: The challenges of searching for research on acupuncture

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-590

  Pilkington, Karen ^a,b   Richardson, Janet ^a,b  

^a Res Cncl for Complementary Med   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042858938     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1075553041323795     Document Type: Review

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