Use of complementary and alternative medicine among asthmatic patients in primary care clinics in Malaysia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 115-119

  Alshagga, Mustafa Ahmed ^a   Al Dubai, Sami Abdo ^b   Muhamad Faiq, Siti Summayyah ^a   Yusuf, Ahmad Asmadi ^a  

^a CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asthma; complementary and alternative medicine; disclosure; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERB; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REFLEXOLOGY; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 80053260494     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.82438     Document Type: Article

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