Acupuncture research: Placebos by many other names

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1812-1813

  Bausell, Barker ^a   O'Connell, Neil Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BACKACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350514746     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.378     Document Type: Letter

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