Use of alternative or complementary medicine by the pediatric population of a community hospital;Utilización de medicina alternativa o complementaria en una población pediátrica de un hospital de comunidad

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Eymann, Alfredo ^a   Bellomo, María M ^a   Catsicaris, Cristina ^a   Wahrena, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Children; Complementary and alternative medicine; Doctor patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BASIC NEEDS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 73049105430     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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