The use of complementary and alternative medicine in the general population: Results from a longitudinal community study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-84

  Rössler, Wulf ^a,c   Lauber, Christoph ^a   Angst, Jules ^a   Haker, Helene ^a   Gamma, Alex ^a   Eich, Dominique ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33845980595     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706008841     Document Type: Article

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