What is acupuncture after all?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1812-

  Costi, Jéssica Maria ^b   Li, Shih Min ^a   Moré, Ari Ojeda Ocampo ^b   Teixeira, João Eduardo Marten ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 70350514747     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.377     Document Type: Letter

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