The incidence of self-prescribed oral complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with gastrointestinal diseases

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-141

  Kong, San Choon ^a   Hurlstone, David P ^a   Pocock, Charlotte Y ^a   Walkington, Lucy A ^a   Farquharson, Nina R ^a   Bramble, Michael G ^b   McAlindon, Mark E ^a   Sanders, David S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Inflammatory bowel disease; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMINS;

EID: 12344320631     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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