Complementary and alternative medicine for pain management in U.S.- And foreign-born Chinese women with breast cancer

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 118-129

  Wong Kim, Evaon ^a   Merighi, Joseph R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese; Complementary and alternative medicine; Pain; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049115473     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0123     Document Type: Article

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