A survey of attitudes to Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong pharmacy students

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Hon, E K L ^a   Lee, K ^a   Tse, H M ^a   Lam, L N ^a   Tam, K C ^b   Chu, K M ^b   Lee, V ^a   Lau, C ^a   Leung, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Pharmacy student; Traditional Chinese Medicine use

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 2642585536     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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