Complementary and alternative medicine use among breast cancer survivors

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 555-562

  Matthews, Alicia K ^a   Sellergren, Sarah A ^b   Huo, Dezheng ^c   List, Marcy ^d   Fleming, Gini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34347361516     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.03-9040     Document Type: Article

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