Acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Smith, Caroline A ^a   He, Lin ^b   Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Song, Jing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Campbelltown Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DYSMENORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 70049097232     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007854     Document Type: Review

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