Frequency and characteristics of pediatric and adolescent visits in naturopathic medical practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Weber, Wendy ^a   Taylor, James A ^b   McCarty, Rachelle L ^a   Johnson Grass, Amy ^c  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Complementary medicine; Infant; Naturopathic; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATUROPATHY; OFFICE VISITS; PEDIATRICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34447122512     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2648     Document Type: Review

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