Herbs and dietary supplements: Use and attitudes among Norwegian cancer patients;Norske kreftpasienter og helsekostmarkedet - Hva brukes og hvorfor?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 773-775

  Johansen, Rolf ^a   Toverud, Else Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH FOOD; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEALTH FOOD; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645228166     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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