Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies among children with special health care needs in southern Arizona

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 584-587

  Sanders, Heather ^b   Davis, Melinda F ^b   Duncan, Burris ^a   Meaney, F John ^b   Haynes, Julie ^b   Barton, Leslie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Children with special health care needs; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIET THERAPY; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MASSAGE; PARENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES;

EID: 0345269138     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.584     Document Type: Article

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