Knowledge and attitudes of Israeli high school pupils towards alternative medicine

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-89

  Brook, Uzi ^a,b   Boaz, M ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; CAM (complementary and alternative medicine); Knowledge; Pupils

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0037225160     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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