Knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicines for diabetes

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 705-711

  Kumar, D ^a   Bajaj, S ^b   Mehrotra, R ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Knowledge attitude and practice; Systematic sampling

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

DECISION MAKING; DIABETES; MEDICINE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACUPRESSURE; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AYURVEDA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746333272     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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