Chiropractic health care in Health Professional Shortage Areas in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2001-2009

  Smith, Monica ^a   Carber, Lynne ^a  

^a PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036892453     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.12.2001     Document Type: Article

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