Complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia: A national population-based survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-650

  Xue, Charlie C L ^a,c   Zhang, Anthony L ^a   Lin, Vivian ^b   Da Costa, Cliff ^c   Story, David F ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SAMPLE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548422257     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6355     Document Type: Article

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