The acupuncture trialists' collaboration: Individual patient data meta-analysis of chronic pain trials

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 126-127

  Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Maschino, Alexandra C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956251431     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.001313     Document Type: Article

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