The spatial pattern of complementary and alternative medical offices across Ontario and within intermediated-sized metropolitan areas

Urban Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 662-682

  Meyer, Stephen P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Ontario

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CENSUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 65549088919     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.29.7.662     Document Type: Article

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