Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Germany - A survey of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Joos, Stefanie ^a,b   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^c   Brinkhaus, Benno ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROHN DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; MIDDLE AGED; NATUROPATHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 33847119383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-6-19     Document Type: Article

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