Acupuncture for cancer-induced bone pain: A pilot study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-73

  Paley, Carole A ^a,b   Johnson, Mark I ^b  

^a Airedale NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955004370     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003087     Document Type: Letter

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