Use of selected complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in veterans with cancer or chronic pain: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McEachrane Gross, F Patricia ^a,b   Liebschutz, Jane M ^c   Berlowitz, Dan ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MARTIN ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASSAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN;

AGED; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33750353419     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-6-34     Document Type: Article

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