Complementary and alternative medicine use among Chinese and white Canadians

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1563-1569

  Quan, Hude ^a   Lai, Daniel ^b   Johnson, Delaine ^c   Verhoef, Marja ^b   Musto, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549114921     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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