Complementary and alternative medicine in patients attending a rheumatology department for the first time. Analysis of 800 patients;Frecuencia de uso de medicinas complementarias y alternativas en sujetos que acuden por primera vez al servicio de reumatología. Análisis de 800 casos

Reumatologia Clinica

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Álvarez Hernández, Everardo ^a   Casasola Vargas, Julio César ^a   Lino Pérez, Leticia ^a   Burgos Vargas, Rubén ^b   Vázquez Mellado, Janitzia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Alternative therapies; Complementary therapies

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; CANNABIS; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GINSENG EXTRACT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOE VERA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GINSENG; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIKI; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33748753594     PISSN: 1699258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1699-258X(06)73044-3     Document Type: Article

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