Acculturation and the use of complementary and alternative medicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-453

  Su, Dejun ^a   Li, Lifeng ^a   Pagán, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Immigrants; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DEMOGRAPHY; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; POPULATION GROWTH; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; YOGA;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849014741     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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