Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Noncancer Pain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-167

  Patel, Gira ^a   Euler, David ^a   Audette, Joseph F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINESE MEDICINE; EPICONDYLITIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMPOTENCE; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NECK PAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PAIN;

EID: 33845400999     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.10.004     Document Type: Review

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