Complementary and alternative medicine use in rheumatoid arthritis: An audit of patients visiting a tertiary care centre

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 236-239

  Zaman, Tarique ^a   Agarwal, Shikhar ^a   Handa, Rohini ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRANAYAMA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38549174691     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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