Use of alternative therapies among breast cancer outpatients compared with the general population

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-76

  VandeCreek, Larry ^a   Rogers, Elizabeth ^b   Lester, Joanne ^c  

^a HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032621222     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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