Alternative medicine use worldwide: The International Union Against Cancer survey

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1390-1393

  Cassileth, Barrie R ^a,c   Schraub, Simon ^a   Robinson, Eliezer ^b   Vickers, Andrew ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE PAUL STRAUSS   (France)

^c Northern Israel Oncology Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer; International Union Against Cancer; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035312177     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010401)91:7<1390::AID-CNCR1143>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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