Rural Older Adults’ Beliefs and Behavior Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Vitolins, Mara Z ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health beliefs; health self management; home and folk remedies; minority health; rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250372836     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210105274453     Document Type: Article

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