Complementary and alternative medicine use among Asian Indians in the United States: A national study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 843-852

  Misra, Ranjita ^a   Balagopal, Padmini ^b   Klatt, Maryanna ^c   Geraghty, Maureen ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955546251     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0517     Document Type: Article

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