Chiropractic services in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Pilot Project

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-576

  Boudreau, Luke A ^a   Busse, Jason W ^b   McBride, Graeme ^c  

^a Hamilton General Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Archie McCallum Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOLDIER;

EID: 33745018914     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.572     Document Type: Article

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