Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients-analysis of influencing factors in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1083-1088

  Malak, Arzu Tuna ^a   Karayurt, Özgül ^b   Demir, Emel ^a   Yümer, Aylin Sami ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Complementary and alternative treatment; Influencing factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77956632200     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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