How to write a case report for publication

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 72-82

  Green, Bart N ^a,b   Johnson, Claire D ^b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Case Report; Manuscripts; Peer Review, research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848819132     PISSN: 08993467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3467(07)60137-2     Document Type: Article

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