Chiropractors: Clarifying the issues

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7712, 2009, Pages 78-

  Brown, Richard ^a  

^a British Chiropractic Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; DEFAMATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

EID: 68149087576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2782     Document Type: Review

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