Complementary and alternative medicine use among children in the Washington, DC area

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 122-125

  Ottolini, Mary C ^a,c   Hamburger, Ellie K ^a   Loprieato, Joseph O ^b   Coleman, Raymond H ^a   Sachs, Hari C ^a   Madden, Robin ^a   Brasseux, Cynthia ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Pediatric Research Network

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035295608     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0122:CAAMUA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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