Public status and prevalence of acupuncture in Japan

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-500

  Ishizaki, Naoto ^a   Yano, Tadashi ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; aim; Japan; prevalence; reason

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77954986103     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen037     Document Type: Article

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