Complementary and alternative medicine use in British Columbia-A survey of HIV positive people on antiretroviral therapy

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Dhalla, Shayesta ^a   Chan, Keith J ^b   Montaner, Julio S G ^b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; British Columbia; Complementary; Determinants; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749336416     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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