Use of complementary and alternative medicine among dermatology outpatients in Singapore

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-13

  See, Anna ^a   Teo, Bryon ^a   Kwan, Rui ^a   Lim, Rebecca ^a   Lee, Jeannette ^a   Tang, Mark B Y ^b   Verkooijen, Helena M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dermatological Life Quality Index (DLQI); Doctor awareness; Drug interaction; Patient expectations; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 79952047580     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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