Factors associated with pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Birdee, Gurjeet S ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Gardiner, Paula ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Complementary therapies; Infant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COLLEGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSOMNIA; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76049099062     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1406     Document Type: Article

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