The use of complementary and alternative medical therapies among older persons around the world

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-200

  Flaherty, Joseph H ^a,b   Takahashi, Ryutaro ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMPO; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUROPE; GARLIC; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2942627797     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2004.02.003     Document Type: Review

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