Acupuncture

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1141-1146

  Chon, Tony Y ^a   Lee, Mark C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ENDORPHIN MODEL; GATE CONTROL THEORY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROTRANSMITTER MODEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THEORY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84888627412     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.06.009     Document Type: Review

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