Women's reasons for complementary and alternative medicine use: Racial/ethnic differences

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 719-722

  Chao, Maria T ^a,c   Wade, Christine ^a   Kronenberg, Fredi ^a   Kalmuss, Debra ^b   Cushman, Linda F ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845575263     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.719     Document Type: Article

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