The use and perceived benefit of complementary and alternative medicine among Californians with cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Goldstein, Michael S ^a   Lee, Jennifer H ^a   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^b   Brown, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivors; Complementary and alternative medicine; Coping strategies; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MASSAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38649116954     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1193     Document Type: Article

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