Frequency of use of complementary and alternative medicine in women with breast cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1445-1452

  Lengacher, Cecile A ^a   Bennett, Mary P ^b   Kip, Kevin E ^c   Keller, Rosemary ^a   LaVance, Melisa S ^b   Smith, Lynette S ^b   Cox, Charles E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATION; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036835289     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/02.ONF.1445-1452     Document Type: Article

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