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The Practice of Acupuncture: Who Are the Providers and What Do They Do?

Karen J. Sherman, Daniel C. Cherkin, David M. Eisenberg, Janet Erro, Andrea Hrbek and Richard A. Deyo
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2005, 3 (2) 151-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.248
Karen J. Sherman
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vol. 3 no. 2 151-158
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.248
PubMed 
15798042

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 21, 2003
  • Revision received May 5, 2004
  • Accepted for publication May 28, 2004
  • Published online March 29, 2005.

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  1. Karen J. Sherman, PhD1,2,
  2. Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD1,3,
  3. David M. Eisenberg, MD4,
  4. Janet Erro, RN, MN, PNP1,
  5. Andrea Hrbek4 and
  6. Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH5
  1. 1Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Wash
  2. 2Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
  3. 3Departments of Family Medicine and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
  4. 4Harvard Medical School Osher Institute and Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
  5. 5Departments of Medicine and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Karen J. Sherman, PhD, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, sherman.k{at}ghc.org

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