Children and Chiropractic Care: A Window of Opportunity

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 603-605

  Hartvigsen, Jan ^a,b   Hestbaek, Lise ^a,b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Chiropractic; Infants; Pediatrics; Public Health

Indexed keywords

CHIROPRACTIC; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPINAL PAIN;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHIROPRACTIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 70349835587     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.028     Document Type: Editorial

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