Complementary and Alternative Medicine use among women with breast cancer

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-222

  Adler, Shelley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Qualitative health research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; REGISTER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 0033144619     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1999.13.2.214     Document Type: Article

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