Use of complementary therapies by patients attending musculoskeletal clinics

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Chandola, A ^a   Young, Y ^a   McAlister, J ^a   Axford, J S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032965689     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200104     Document Type: Article

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