Quality of reporting on randomised controlled trials of auriculotherapy for pain

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Asher, Gary N ^a   Motsinger Reif, Alison A ^b   Jonas, Daniel E ^a   Viera, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AURICULOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959205018     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003475     Document Type: Article

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