Complementary and alternative medicine use among Asian-American subgroups: Prevalence, predictors, and lack of relationship to acculturation and access to conventional health care

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1003-1010

  Hsiao, An Fu ^a,b   Wong, Mitchell D ^c   Goldstein, Michael S ^c   Becerra, Lida S ^c   Cheng, Eric M ^d,e   Wenger, Neil S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AYURVEDA; CHIROPRACTIC; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIKI; RELIGION; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846239004     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.1003     Document Type: Review

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