Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Chung, Vincent ^a,c   Wong, Eric ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Lo, Sui Vi ^b   Griffiths, Sian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247595860     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6152     Document Type: Article

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