Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 162-167 , March 2002

Chiropractic patients in Denmark: A short description of basic characteristics

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 This study was funded in full by the Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics.

☆☆ Submit reprint requests to: Jan Hartvigsen, DC, PhD, Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Klosterbakken 20, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark (e-mail: j.hartvigsen@nikkb.dk).

PII: S0161-4754(02)96711-4

doi: 10.1067/mmt.2002.122325

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 162-167 , March 2002