Acupuncture for Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 885-899

  Kundu, Anjana ^a   Berman, Brian ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SAFETY; SICKLE CELL CRISIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN;

EID: 36549002109     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.10.003     Document Type: Review

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