Erratum: Prevalence, patterns, and costs of Chinese medicine use among prostate cancer patients: A population-based study in Taiwan (Integrative Cancer Therapies (2010) 9:1 (16-23) DOI: 10.1177/1534735409359073);Prevalence, patterns, and costs of Chinese medicine use among prostate cancer patients: A population-based study in Taiwan

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Lin, Yi Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Kuang Kuo ^a,c   Chiu, Jen Hwey ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Health insurance; Prostate; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953939081     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410377104     Document Type: Erratum

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