Acupuncture for analgesia in the emergency department: a multicentre, randomised, equivalence and non-inferiority trial

• 1 RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC
• 2 Cabrini Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
• 3 Centre for Cardiovascular Research and Education and Therapeutics, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

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