Acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy use in Australia: A national population survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xue, Charlie C L ^a   Zhang, Anthony L ^a   Lin, Vivian ^b   Myers, Ray ^a   Polus, Barbara ^a   Story, David F ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHOULDER PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 42249097912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-105     Document Type: Article

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