The urban-rural divide in complementary and alternative medicine use: A longitudinal study of 10,638 women

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^b   Lui, Chi Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT SWEAT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650922494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-2     Document Type: Article

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