Alternative medicine: An update on cupping therapy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 523-525

  Chen, B ^a   Li, M Y ^a   Liu, P D ^a   Guo, Y ^a   Chen, Z L ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CUPPING THERAPY; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCEDIRECT; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84937580544     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu227     Document Type: Review

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