Complementary and alternative medicine use by Canadian university students

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Teper, Amy M ^a   Tsai, Ellen ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM use; Complementary and alternative medicine; Student health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 38549182341     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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