Changes among male and female visitors to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a large adult Norwegian population from 1997 to 2008 (The HUNT studies)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Steinsbekk, Aslak ^a   Rise, Marit B ^a   Johnsen, Roar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complementary Therapies; Norway; Population; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MENTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEX FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 80051534548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-61     Document Type: Article

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