Acupuncture research in military and veteran populations: A rapid evidence assessment of the literature

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-236

  York, Alexandra ^a   Crawford, Cindy ^a   Walter, Avi ^a   Walter, Joan A G ^a   Jonas, Wayne B ^a   Coeytaux, Remy ^b  

^a SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acute Pain; Chronic Pain; Department of Defense; Military Acupuncture; Military Medicine; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VETERAN;

EID: 84555196188     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: 19336594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2011.0843     Document Type: Article

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