The State of Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Rheumatology

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-94

  April, Karine Toupin ^a   Walji, Rishma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Pediatric rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD CARE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDITATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAFETY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650965315     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2010.11.011     Document Type: Review

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