Complementary and alternative medicine use among colorectal cancer patients in Alberta, Canada

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 54-64

  Tough, Suzanne C ^a   Johnston, David W ^a   Verhoef, Marja J ^a   Arthur, Keith ^a   Bryant, Heather ^a  

^a Inno Vision Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBERTA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036200614     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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