Use of complementary and alternative medicine and prayer among a national sample of cancer survivors compared to other populations without cancer

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Mao, Jun J ^a,b   Farrar, John T ^a   Xie, Sharon X ^a   Bowman, Marjorie A ^a,b   Armstrong, Katrina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Complementary therapies statistics and numerical data utilization; Health behavior; Neoplasms; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic factors; Spirituality; United States epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REIKI; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847660111     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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