Use of CAM in local African-American communities: Community-partnered research

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 943-950

  Barnett, Marina C ^a   Cotroneo, Margaret ^b   Purnell, Joseph ^b   Martin, Danielle ^b   Mackenzie, Elizabeth ^b   Fishman, Alfred ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American; Black; CAM; Home remedies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0142126304     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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