The P6 acupuncture point and postoperative nausea and vomiting

Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 29-31

  Atwood IV, Kimball C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING;

EID: 33645380220     PISSN: 10950656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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