Who will get better? Predicting clinical outcomes in a chiropractic practice

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-186

  Newell, D ^a   Field, J ^b  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^b Back2Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiropractic practice; Clinical outcomes; Clinical predictors; Prognosis; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549031695     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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