Adverse events associated with acupuncture: A prospective survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 959-963

  Park, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^a   Kim, Bo Young ^a   Choi, Sun Mi ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLISTER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINGER DISLOCATION; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956924064     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0415     Document Type: Article

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