Patterns and perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among leukaemia patients visiting haematology clinic of a North Indian tertiary care hospital

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 671-676

  Gupta, M ^a   Shafiq, N ^a   Kumari, S ^a   Pandhi, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Conventional anticancer drugs; Leukaemia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036902429     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.782     Document Type: Article

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