A survey of Australian chiropractors' attitudes and beliefs about evidence-based practice and their use of research literature and clinical practice guidelines

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Walker, Bruce F ^a   Stomski, Norman J ^a   Hebert, Jeff J ^a   French, Simon D ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84890263604     PISSN: 2045709X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-44     Document Type: Article

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