Acupuncture for overweight or obese people

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Li, Jie ^a   Lu, Ying ^a   Shi, Mei Yu ^a   Lenon, George ^b   Li, Qing ^a   Shi, Yin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84892672077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008612.pub2     Document Type: Article

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