Pregnancy and chiropractic: a narrative review of the literature

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Borggren, Cara L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Low back pain; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848866010     PISSN: 08993467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcme.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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