Correlates of use of different types of complementary and alternative medicine by breast cancer survivors in the nurses' health study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-227

  Buettner, Catherine ^a   Kroenke, Candyce H ^c,d   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Eisenberg, David M ^a   Holmes, Michelle D ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Complementary therapies

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TAMOXIFEN; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750292038     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9239-3     Document Type: Article

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