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The Department of Complementary Medicine. The Evidence So Far. A Documentation of Research 1993-2002. Exeter: Peninsula Medical School Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, 2003

Martin J. , Donaldson A.N.A. , Villarroel R. , Parmar M.K.B. , Ernst E. , Higginson I.J. Efficacy of acupuncture in asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis of published data from eleven randomised controlled trials. Europ Resp J 2002; 20: 846–52

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Medical Research Council. A Framework for Development and Evaluation of RCTs for Complex Interventions to Improve Health. London: Medical Research Council, 2000