Use of complementary and alternative medicine among adults with skin disease: Updated results from a national survey

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1000-1005

  Fuhrmann, Tracy ^a   Smith, Nana ^b   Tausk, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies use; Cross sectional studies; Health care surveys; Human beings; National Health Interview Survey; Skin diseases therapy; United States

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CARNITINE; CHONDROITIN; DIMETHYL SULFONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; KAVA; LINOLENIC ACID; LYCOPENE; MELATONIN; MINERAL; PRASTERONE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UBIDECARENONE; VALERIAN; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIROPRACTIC; COMFREY; COMORBIDITY; CRANBERRY; CRATAEGUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHINACEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPHEDRA SINICA; EVENING PRIMROSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GUARANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYDRASTIS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; HYPNOSIS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MELANOMA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SEX; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; TAI CHI; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WELLBEING; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650257618     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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