Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experience of complementary and alternative medicine in Western medicine- and Oriental medicine-trained physicians in Korea

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1994-2000

  Lee, Sang Il ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Moo Song ^a   Kang, Weechang ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036891768     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.12.1994     Document Type: Article

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