Acupuncture in mainstream health care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7569, 2006, Pages 611-612

  Wonderling, David ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; TENSION HEADACHE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748994562     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38954.627361.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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