Use of traditional complementary and alternative medicine for HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Preez, Natalie Friend Du ^c   Ramlagan, Shandir ^a   Fomundam, Henry ^d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 49249101714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-255     Document Type: Article

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