A comparison of complementary and alternative medicine users and use across geographical areas: A national survey of 1,427 women

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a,b   Broom, Alex ^a,c   Loxton, Deborah ^d   Pirotta, Marie ^f   Humphreys, John ^e   Lui, Chi Wai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80053508790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-85     Document Type: Article

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