Factors influencing preferences for alternative medicine by Korean Americans

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Kim, Jeongseon ^a   Chan, Mabel M ^b  

^a Semyung University   (South Korea)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Demographics; Intercorrelation; Korean Americans; Multiple logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 3542995746     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04001977     Document Type: Article

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