The impact of acculturation on the use of traditional Chinese medicine in newly diagnosed Chinese cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 985-992

  Ferro, Mark Anthony ^a,e   Leis, Anne ^a   Doll, Richard ^b   Chiu, Lyren ^c   Chung, Michael ^d   Barroetavena, Maria Cristina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AMBER TCM Healing Centre   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cancer; Chinese; Complementary and alternative medicine; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSAL MODELING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT T TEST; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35748959704     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0285-0     Document Type: Article

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