Prevalence and cost of alternative medicine in Australia

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9001, 1996, Pages 569-573

  MacLennan, Alastair H ^a   Wilson, David H ^b   Taylor, Anne W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030032146     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91271-4     Document Type: Article

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