A national cross-sectional survey of back pain care amongst Australian women aged 60-65

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-43

  Kirby, Emma R ^a   Broom, Alex F ^a   Sibbritt, David W ^b   Adams, Jon ^b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Back pain; Complementary medicine; Cross sectional survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WELLBEING;

EID: 84876496256     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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