Use of complementary and alternative medicine among USA adults with functional limitations: For treatment or general use?

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 208-215

  Okoro, Catherine A ^a   Zhao, Guixiang ^b   Li, Chaoyang ^a   Balluz, Lina S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Alternative therapy; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHELATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961171240     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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