Rural diversity in cam usage: The relationship between rural diversity and the use of complementary and alternative medicine modalities

Rural Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-75

  Robinson, Anske ^a   Chesters, Janice ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine use; Rural communities; Rural diversity; Rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 43549085054     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.18.1.64     Document Type: Article

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