Acupuncture: Specific and non-specific effects

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-8

  Endres, H G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADDICTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHAM ACUPUNCTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERUM ACUPUNCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549117182     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113416     Document Type: Editorial

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