Auricular acupuncture as a treatment of cocaine, heroin, and alcohol addiction: A pilot study

Addictive Disorders and their Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-16

  Verthein, Uwe ^a   Haasen, Christian ^a,b   Krausz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Auricular acupuncture treatment; Cocaine; Heroin; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 38549135446     PISSN: 15315754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132576-200205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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