The safety of pediatric acupuncture: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Adams, Denise ^a   Cheng, Florence ^a   Jou, Hsing ^a   Aung, Steven ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Pediatric; Safety; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BLEEDING; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART RUPTURE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN BRUISING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THUMB MALFORMATION;

EID: 83155192891     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1091     Document Type: Review

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