Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Daly, Maria ^a   Tai, Chen Jei ^b,c   Deng, Chung Yeh ^d   Chien, Li Yin ^d  

^a Dublin Traveller Education and Development Group   (Ireland)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149110312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-10     Document Type: Article

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