Socio-demographic and medical correlates of the use of biologically based complementary and alternative medicines amongst recent Australian cancer survivors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-26

  Walshe, Rachael ^a   James, Erica L ^b   MacDonald Wicks, Lesley ^a   Boyes, Allison W ^a   Zucca, Alison ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^c   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biologically based cam; Cancer; Complementary therapies; Survivor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICALLY BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84855480043     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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