Acupuncture for pain: An overview of cochrane reviews

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-189

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cochrane review; Evidence; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELBOW DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEADACHE; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PAIN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952547389     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0665-7     Document Type: Review

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