Methodological advances needed in analysis and interpretation of sham acupuncture validation studies

Affiliations

¹ Asian Medicine & Acupuncture Research, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7200, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7200, USA. jongbae_park@med.unc.edu

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Jongbae J Park et al. Acupunct Med. 2011 Sep.

. 2011 Sep;29(3):168-9.

doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010057.

¹ Asian Medicine & Acupuncture Research, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7200, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7200, USA. jongbae_park@med.unc.edu

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