Willingness of emergency department patients with musculoskeletal complaints to participate in complementary and alternative medicine research

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 401-407

  Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a,b   Van Beek, Catherina A ^a,b   Quon, Jeffrey A ^b,c   Wu, Joseph ^d  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Cambie Chiropractic Centre   (Canada)

^d Integral Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Chiropractic; Emergency care; Emergency medicine; Emergency service; Medicine traditional Chinese; Musculoskeletal abnormalities; Musculoskeletal system

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949106285     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500007909     Document Type: Article

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