Complementary and alternative medical therapy utilization by people with chronic fatiguing illnesses in the United States

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jones, James F ^a   Maloney, Elizabeth M ^a   Boneva, Roumiana S ^a   Jones, Ann Britt ^a   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF HELP; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SELF CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249893347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-12     Document Type: Article

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