Needle Acupuncture

Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 269-285

  Ammendolia, Carlo ^a   Furlan, Andrea D ^b   Imamura, Marta ^c   Irvin, Emma L ^d   Van Tulder, Maurits ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 84882477398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-07293-9.00020-9     Document Type: Chapter

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