The use of complementary therapy by men with prostate cancer in the UK

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Wilkinson, S ^a,b   Farrelly, S ^a   Low, J ^a   Chakraborty, A ^a   Williams, R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapy; Mental health; Prostate cancer; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50249141216     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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