Selecting acupuncture treatment for hot flashes: A delphi consensus compared with a clinical trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Alraek, Terje ^a   Borud, Einar ^a   White, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79251606651     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0070     Document Type: Article

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