Acupuncture for blood pressure lowering: Needling the truth

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3048-3049

  Turnbull, Fiona ^a   Patel, Anushka ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34250767715     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.706952     Document Type: Editorial

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