Medical students' attitudes about complementary and alternative medicine

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   McGill, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0037398713     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10755530360623392     Document Type: Article

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