Are asthma sufferers at risk when consulting chiropractors over the internet?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-105

  Schmidt, Katja ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MEASLES VACCINE;

ASTHMA; BONE DENSITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STROKE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037232398     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1404     Document Type: Letter

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