When conventional medical providers recommend unconventional medicine: Results of a national study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 862-864

  Nerurkar, Aditi ^a   Yeh, Gloria ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Birdee, Gurjeet ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79955759130     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.160     Document Type: Article

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