Advancing complementary and alternative medicine through social network analysis and agent-based modeling

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Frantz, Terrill L ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Complementary and alternative medicine; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84856843916     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335189     Document Type: Review

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