Factors related to complementary/alternative medicine use among cancer patients in central Anatolia

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Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 833-837

  Er, Ozlem ^a   Mistik, Selcuk ^a   Ozkan, Metin ^a   Ozturk, Ahmet ^a   Altinbas, Mustafa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Cancer; Complementary medicine; Prevalence of use of complementary alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 61349175838     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400610     Document Type: Article

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