Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use in African Americans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Brown, Carolyn M ^a   Barner, Jamie C ^a   Richards, Kristin M ^a   Bohman, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHELATION; CHIROPRACTIC; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SINUSITIS; TAI CHI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITAMIN INTAKE; YOGA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348916174     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6392     Document Type: Article

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