Use and acceptance of classical natural and alternative medicine in Germany - Findings of a representative population-based survey;Inanspruchnahme und akzeptanz klassischer naturheilverfahren und alternativer heilmethoden in Deutschland - Ergebnisse einer repräsentativen bevölkerungsstudie

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 327-334

  Hartel U ^a,b   Volger, E ^a  

^a Sebastian Kneipp Institut GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative complementary medicine (use, acceptance); Classical natural medicine (use, acceptance); Population based survey

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE; BACKACHE; COMMON COLD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEALING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644380298     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082814     Document Type: Review

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