Acupuncture for depression?: A systematic review of systematic reviews

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-412

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

acupuncture; alternative medicine; bias; depression; evidence

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHINA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 79960023553     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710386109     Document Type: Review

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