Chiropractor's use of radiography in Switzerland

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Aroua, Abbas ^a   Decka, Ina ^a   Robert, Jean ^b   Vader, John Paul ^c   Valley, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Institute of Chiropractic   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Dose; Pelvis; Radiation; Radiography; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037247741     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mmt.2003.10     Document Type: Article

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