Complementary and alternative medicine use among veterans affairs outpatients [4]

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Micek, Mark A ^a,c   Bradley, Katharine A ^b,c   Braddock III, Clarence H ^d   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   McDonell, Mary ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HERB; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 34047130755     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6147     Document Type: Letter

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