Prevalence and parental perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine use by children with cancer in a multi-ethnic southeast Asian population

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Hamidah, Alias ^a,b   Rustam, Zainudin A ^a   Tamil, Azmi M ^a   Zarina, Latiff A ^a   Zulkifli, Zakaria S ^a   Jamal, Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Complementary and alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COD LIVER OIL; MULTIVITAMIN; ROYAL JELLY; WATER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ALOE VERA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GINSENG; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA CUCUMBER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPIRULINA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WATER TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149373676     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21798     Document Type: Article

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