Alternative medicine use in dialysis patients: Potential for good and bad!

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Duncan, Heather J ^a   Pittman, Susan ^a   Govil, Amit ^a   Sorn, Lisa ^a   Bissler, Gloria ^a   Schultz, Tersea ^a   Faith, J ^a   Kant, Shashi ^a   Roy Chaudhury, Prabir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicines; Dialysis patients; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33846813451     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097986     Document Type: Article

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