Complementary and alternative medicine use amongst Palestinian diabetic patients

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Ali Shtayeh, Mohammed S ^a,b   Jamous, Rana M ^a   Jamous, Rania M ^a  

^a Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center   (Israel)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Diabetes; Herbal medicine; Palestine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455188953     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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