Complementary or alternative? The use of homeopathic products and antibiotics amongst pre-school children

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wye, Lesley ^a   Hay, Alastair D ^a   Northstone, Kate ^a   Bishop, Jackie ^a   Headley, Judith ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; VITAMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MATERIA MEDICA;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149127217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-8     Document Type: Article

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