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Beneficial effects of auricular acupressure on preventing constipation in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: evidence from systematic review and meta-analysis Cover

Beneficial effects of auricular acupressure on preventing constipation in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: evidence from systematic review and meta-analysis

By: Su-Hua Zheng,  Min Yan,  Tiffany Field and  Xiao Xu  
Open Access
|Oct 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
Language: English
Page range: 227 - 234
Submitted on: Nov 30, 2017
Accepted on: Feb 2, 2018
Published on: Oct 25, 2018
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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