Use of complementary and alternative medicine by children in the United States

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-396

  Davis, Matthew P ^b   Darden, Paul M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; MASSAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344950564     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.4.393     Document Type: Article

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