Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients at zhejiang university teaching hospital zhuji hospital, China

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-330

  Teng, Lisong ^a   Jin, Ketao ^a,b   He, Kuifeng ^a   Bian, Chunge ^b   Chen, Weili ^b   Fu, Kaiyan ^b   Zhu, Tieming ^b   Jin, Zhigang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhuji Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; China; Complementary and alternative medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OXYGEN; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; STOMACH PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79958813520     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i4.56699     Document Type: Article

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