Acupuncture efficacy in osteoarthritis

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 352-353

  Zan Bar, Tal ^a   Tanay, Amir ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

ACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 34548649623     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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