title: Evidence on acupuncture safety needs to be based on large-scale prospective surveys, not single case reports.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, 10098 Berlin, Germany University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Tel.: +49 30 450529002; fax: +49 30 450529917 Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
authors.forename: Claudia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: Lixing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lao
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: MacPherson
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D016896:Treatment Outcome