Change and stability: Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Israel: 1993, 2000 and 2007

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-259

  Shmueli, Amir ^a   Igudin, Ira ^a   Shuval, Judith ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAM; health care; Israel; utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953223301     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq023     Document Type: Article

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