Promising implications for integrative medicine for back pain: A profile of a Korean hospital

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-484

  Stevens, Laura ^a   Duarte, Horacio ^b   Park, Jongbae ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHUNA THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COST; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; KOREA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON DISEASE;

BACK PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; KOREA; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 34347331150     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.6263     Document Type: Article

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