Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Palestine: Use and safety implications

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-269

  Sawalha, Ansam F ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERB; HONEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MOTIVATION; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARABS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34047098420     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6280     Document Type: Article

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