The use of complementary and alternative medicine among people living with diabetes in Sydney

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Manya, Kiran ^a   Champion, Bernard ^a   Dunning, Trisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FISH OIL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CINNAMON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; GARLIC; GINSENG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA; ADOLESCENT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UBIQUINONE; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855608185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-2     Document Type: Article

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