Complementary/alternative medicine use in a pediatric oncology unit in Turkey

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 540-543

  Karadeniz, Ceyda ^a   Pinarli, F Güçlü ^a,b   Oǧuz, Aynur ^a   Gürsel, Türkiz ^a   Canter, Berna ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer; Children; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERB; HODGKIN DISEASE; HONEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIBLING; SOLID TUMOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33947696317     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21012     Document Type: Article

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