Acupuncture in accomplishing 'health for all'

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Yin, Chang Shik ^a   Shim, Bum Sang ^a   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Choi, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Neurology; Standardization; Terminology; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSATION; THETA RHYTHM;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NEEDLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949433375     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164109X     Document Type: Article

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