Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults in Enugu, Nigeria

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Onyiapat, Jane Lovena E ^a   Okoronkwo, Ijeoma L ^a   Ogbonnaya, Ngozi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NIGERIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952199875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-19     Document Type: Article

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