Does acupuncture work? Is there any evidence?

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  • Álvaro Nagib Atallah

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Author Biography

Álvaro Nagib Atallah

Full professor and Head of the Discipline of Urgent Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine of Universidade Federal de São Paulo — Escola Paulista de Medicina (Unifesp-EPM). Director of the Brazilian Cochrane Center and Scientifi c Director of Associação Paulista de Medicina (APM).

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Published

2006-05-05

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Atallah Álvaro N. Does acupuncture work? Is there any evidence?. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2006 May 5 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];124(3):119-20. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2222

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