Association between use of complementary/alternative medicine and health-related behaviors among health fair participants

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Robinson, Andrew R ^a,c   Crane, Lori A ^b   Davidson, Arthur J ^b,d   Steiner, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Dietary supplements; Health behavior; Herbal medicine; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOW FAT DIET; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0036351284     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0950     Document Type: Article

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