Adverse events associated with acupuncture: Three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Zhang, Fu Wen ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wu, Xi ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Cheng, Lin Hao ^a   Liang, Fan Rong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SKIN BRUISING; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; CHINA; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953082239     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87     Document Type: Article

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