The prevalence and determinants of the use of complementary and alternative medicine in adult Turkish cancer patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Tas, Faruk ^a   Ustuner, Zeki ^a   Can, Gulbeyaz ^a   Eralp, Yesim ^a   Camlica, Hakan ^a   Basaran, Mert ^a   Karagol, Hakan ^a   Sakar, Burak ^a   Disci, Rian ^a   Topuz, Erkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; BELLIS PERENNIS EXTRACT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CANNABIS; CARUM PETROSELINUM EXTRACT; CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CENTAUREA ACAULIS EXTRACT; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CINCHONA EXTRACT; EQUISETUM ARVENSE EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUNIPERUS EXTRACT; LAVENDULA STOECHAS EXTRACT; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANTAGO EXTRACT; ROSAE CANINA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; RUBUS CAESIUS EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URTICAE HERBA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACHILLEA; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM; ARTICLE; BELLIS PERENNIS; BLACK CUMIN; BLOATING; CANCER; CARUM PETROSELINUM; CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA; CELERY; CENTAUREA ACAULIS; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CINCHONA; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; FEMALE; FENNEL; GARLIC; HEADACHE; HERB; HUMAN; JUNIPERUS; LAVENDULA STOECHAS; LINSEED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYRTLE; NAUSEA; PLANTAGO; POLYURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADISH; ROSAE CANINA; ROSEMARY; RUBUS CAESIUS; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; TEA; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS; THYME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URTICAE HERBA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 20244386713     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860510007549     Document Type: Article

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