Acupuncture: Does it alleviate pain and are there serious risks? A review of reviews

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-764

  Ernst, E ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Choi, Tae Young ^b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Benefit; Risk; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFECTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953048270     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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