Pattern of alternative medicine usage among the Chinese breast cancer patients: Implication for service integration

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 649-658

  Abdullah, Abu S M ^a   Lau, Yvonne ^b   Chow, Louis W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative Medicine; Breast Cancer; Chinese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; ASIAN; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1542778759     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03001284     Document Type: Article

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