Anthroposophic medicine in pediatric primary care: A prospective, multicenter observational study on prescribing patterns

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 18-28

  Jeschke, Elke ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^b   Tabali, Manuela ^a   Kröz, Matthias ^a   Bockelbrink, Angelina ^c   Witt, Claudia M ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^c   Matthes, Harald ^a  

^a Havelhoehe Research Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOSOPHY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NATUROPATHY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051939334     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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