Choice of unconventional treatment by patients with cancer

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-561

  Kimby, Charlotte Kira ^a   Launsø, Laila ^b   Henningsen, Inge ^a   Langgaard, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KINESIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0041360027     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303322284848     Document Type: Article

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