The complementarity and substitution between unconventional and mainstream medicine among racial and ethnic groups in the United States

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 811-826

  Tom Xu, K ^a   Farrell, Tommie W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947119252     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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