Use of complementary medicine amongst hypertensive patients in a Public Primary Care Clinic in Ipoh

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 454-459

  Mahfudz, A S ^a   Chan, Sook Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Hypertension; Primary Care

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646704001     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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