Effects of complementary therapy on health in a national U.S. sample of older adults

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 701-706

  Nguyen, Ha T ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Lang, Wei ^a   Walkup, Michael ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CHELATION THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHELATION THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NUTRITION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954947299     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0442     Document Type: Article

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