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Outcomes of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in Urban Primary Care

M. Diane McKee, Benjamin Kligler, Jason Fletcher, Francesca Biryukov, William Casalaina, Belinda Anderson and Arthur Blank
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 692-700; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.130003
M. Diane McKee
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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Benjamin Kligler
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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Jason Fletcher
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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Francesca Biryukov
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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William Casalaina
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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Belinda Anderson
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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Arthur Blank
From the Department of Family and Social Medicine, lbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (MDM, JF, AB); the Department of Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (BK); the Swedish Institute, New York, NY (FB, WC); and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York, NY (BA).
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