Socio-demographic characteristics and health perceptions among male and female visitors to CAM practitioners in a total population study

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-151

  Steinsbekk, Aslak ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Sibbritt, David ^c   Jacobsen, Geir ^a   Johnsen, Roar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Complementary therapies; Homeopathy; Norway; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47249159972     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134904     Document Type: Article

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