Shamans in a Hmong American Community

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 933-938

  Helsel, Deborah G ^a,c   Mochel, Marilyn ^b   Bauer, Robert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Healthy Hse Within a MATCH Coal   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAMANISM; VIETNAM;

EID: 13144249126     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2004.10.933     Document Type: Article

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