Belief in complementary and alternative medicine is related to age and paranormal beliefs in adults

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-230

  Van Den Bulck, Jan ^a   Custers, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Cross sectional study; Paranormal beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 77950230479     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp104     Document Type: Article

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