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Acupuncture - References

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Freeman L (2004). Acupuncture. In Mosby's Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach, 2nd ed., pp. 333-369. St. Louis: Mosby.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2007). An Introduction to Acupuncture. Backgrounder. Available online: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction.htm

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Last Updated: March 01, 2011

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