Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 201-205 , December 2007

Effectiveness of acupressure to reduce pain in intramuscular injections

Received 22 April 2007 ,Revised 12 September 2007 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2007.09.002

Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 201-205 , December 2007

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