Complementary and alternative medicine for cancer pain: An overview of systematic reviews

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bao, Yanju ^a   Kong, Xiangying ^a   Yang, Liping ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Shi, Zhan ^a   Li, Weidong ^a   Hua, Baojin ^a   Hou, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; LYCOPENE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CUPPING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MUSIC THERAPY; QIGONG; REFLEXOLOGY; REIKI; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84900330341     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/170396     Document Type: Review

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