Ethnic differences in use of complementary and alternative medicine at midlife: Longitudinal results from SWAN participants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1832-1840

  Bair, Yali A ^a   Gold, Ellen B ^a   Greendale, Gail A ^a   Sternfeld, Barbara ^a   Adler, Shelley R ^a   Azari, Rahman ^a   Harkey, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036827790     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.11.1832     Document Type: Article

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