Prevalence of use of complementary/alternative medicine: A systematic review

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-257

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine, utilization; Prevalence; Review, literature

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034058103     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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