Acupuncture therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review of randomized, controlled trials

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 10-23

  Coyle, Meaghan ^a   Shergis, Johannah ^a   Huang, Esther Tzu Ya ^a   Guo, Xinfeng ^b   Di, Yuan Ming ^a   Zhang, Anthony ^a   Xue, Charlie ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925229299     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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