Use of Alternative Therapies Among Mexican Americans in the Texas Rio Grande Valley

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-294

  Keegan, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 0030325180     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089801019601400402     Document Type: Article

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