Complementary and alternative medicine use among American women: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2002

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-113

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a   Chyu, Laura ^a   Greendale, Gail A ^b   Utts, Jessica ^c   Bair, Yali A ^d   Zhang, Guili ^d   Gold, Ellen B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIKI; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33847197202     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.M074     Document Type: Article

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