Discriminators of complementary and alternative medicine provider use among men with HIV/AIDS

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-601

  Kaufman, Karen ^a   Gregory, William L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National College of Natural Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; CAM use; HIV AIDS treatment; Social influence; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849043545     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.6.4     Document Type: Article

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