Cracking the problem of back pain: Is chiropractic the answer?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1953-1954

  Ness, Jose ^a   Nisly, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BACKACHE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BACK PAIN; CHIROPRACTIC; HUMANS;

EID: 6344262369     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.18.1953     Document Type: Editorial

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