The Recent History of Acupuncture

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1027-1028

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUPUNCTURE; BACKACHE; EDITORIAL; HEADACHE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 56349137177     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.04.037     Document Type: Editorial

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