The prevalence, patterns of usage and people's attitude towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among the Indian community in Chatsworth, South Africa

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Singh, Vimal ^a   Raidoo, Deshandra M ^a,b   Harries, Catherine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; NOSE DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SEX; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 2442641535     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-4-3     Document Type: Article

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