TY - JOUR T1 - Efficacy of acupuncture in asthma JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 909 LP - 909 DO - 10.1183/09031936.03.00114303 VL - 21 IS - 5 AU - A. Hansell Y1 - 2003/05/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/21/5/909.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor: I read with interest the recent meta­analysis by Martin et al. 1, finding little evidence for an effect of acupuncture as a treatment for asthma, but was not surprised by the result. I spent my 6‐week medical student elective in 1988 at the (“Western”­style medicine) Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou, China. As part of the elective I reviewed, with the help of the clinic doctors, any treatments currently … ER -