Health need and the use of alternative medicine among adults who do not use conventional medicine

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nahin, Richard L ^a   Dahlhamer, James M ^b   Stussman, Barbara J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954960842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-220     Document Type: Article

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