Complementary medicine use among attendees at a rural health screening clinic

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-84

  Wilkinson, Jenny M ^a   Jelinek, Herbert ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Complementary medicine; Gerontology; Rural health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63149155603     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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