Complementary and alternative medicine use among military family medicine patients in Hawaii

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 534-538

  Kent, Jeremy B ^a   Oh, Robert C ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 77954644073     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00077     Document Type: Article

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