Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among a population of head and neck cancer patients: A survey-based study

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Miller, Matthew C ^a   Pribitkin, Edmund A ^a   Difabio, Tara ^a   Keane, William M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 78650086671     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556131008901005     Document Type: Article

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