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ArticleIranian journal of public health2019

The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on the Levels of Cortisol in a Depressed Patient.

Bijan Pirnia, Negin Mohammadzadeh Bazargan, Mostafa Hamdieh, Kambiz Pirnia, Parastoo Malekanmehr, Faezeh Maleki, Alireza Zahiroddin

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Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Application of auriculotherapy in cancer-related fatigue symptom cluster: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  7. Application of traditional Chinese therapy in sports medicine.Sports medicine and health science · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bijan PirniaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
Negin Mohammadzadeh BazarganDepartment of Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa HamdiehDepartment of Psychosomatic, Taleghani Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kambiz PirniaBijan Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Tehran, Iran.
Parastoo MalekanmehrDepartment of Psychology, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
Faezeh MalekiDepartment of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Alireza ZahiroddinDepartment of Psychiatry, Behavior Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID31700836
PMCPMC6825666

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