Acupuncture in the Inpatient Acute Care Setting: A Pragmatic, Randomized Control Trial
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Acupuncture in the Inpatient Acute Care Setting: A Pragmatic, Randomized Control Trial
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2012/309762