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APHA Meeting to Feature Chiropractic Topics

Editorial Staff

The Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) November 8-12 in Washington, D.C. will have three full sessions dedicated to chiropractic topics.

The APHA meeting is the largest public health gathering in the world, attended by as many as 15,000 leaders in national, international, state, and local health care, as well as representatives from all levels of government. Over 500 DCs are now members of APHA.

The three chiropractic session topics are: "Chiropractic Perspectives on Public Health Policies, Practices, and Issues"; "Chiropractic Perspectives on Immunization"; and "Topics in Chiropractic." Featured speakers will include: Christine M.H. Goertz, D.C.; Arnold Cianciulli, D.C.; Alan H. Adams, D.C., MSEd; William C. Meeker, D.C., MPH; Daniel Hansen, D.C., FICC; Reed Phillips, D.C., DACBR, Ph.D.; Walter I. Wardwell, Ph.D.; and Joanne Nyiendo, Ph.D.

For more information on how to join APHA or regarding the Annual Meeting contact Dr. Herbert Vear at (416) 831-9221, Dr. Rand Baird at (310) 373-2225, or Carrie McLachlan, M.P.A. at (612) 888-4777.

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