Cancer survivors with unmet needs were more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-124

  Mao, Jun J ^a,b   Palmer, Steve C ^a,b   Straton, Joseph B ^a,b   Cronholm, Peter F ^a   Keddem, Shimrit ^a   Knott, Kathryn ^a   Bowman, Marjorie A ^a,b   Barg, Frances K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary therapies; Epidemiology; Health service utilization; Psychosocial; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 44449105424     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-008-0052-3     Document Type: Article

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