Who uses non-biomedical, complementary and alternative health care? Sociodemographic undifferentiation and the effects of health needs

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Lew Ting, Chih Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Health concerns; Health status; Sociodemographic characterstics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0346882500     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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