The use of complementary and alternative therapies in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 682-686

  Jan, Mohammed M ^a   Basamh, Mohammed S ^a   Bahassan, Omar M ^a   Jamal Allail, Ali A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 67649306435     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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