Chiropractic claims in the english-speaking world

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1312, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Gilbey, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEW ZEALAND; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; COLIC; DECEPTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NECK PAIN; NEW ZEALAND; OTITIS MEDIA; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 77951173840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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