Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients with head and neck cancers in Europe

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Molassiotis, A ^a   Ozden, G ^b   Platin, N ^c   Scott, J A ^d   Pud, D ^e   Fernandez Ortega, P ^f   Milovics, L ^g   Panteli, V ^h   Gudmundsdottir, G ⁱ   Browall, M ^j   Madsen, E ^k   Patiraki, E ^h   Kearney, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^h Greek Oncology Nursing Society   (Serbia)

ⁱ LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^j SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645094970     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00615.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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