Overseas Chinese students in the UK: Patterns and correlates of their use of Western and traditional Chinese medicine

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Bishop, Felicity L ^a   Lim, Chiw Yeh ^a   Leydon, Geraldine M ^a   Lewith, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Health services accessibility; Medicine, Chinese traditional; Questionnaires; Student health services

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 58249083728     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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