Public knowledge, attitude and practice of complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-26

  Elolemy, Ahmed Tawfik ^a,b   Albedah, Abdullah M N ^c  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^c National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Attitude; Body massage; Complementary; Efficacy; Medical herbs; Natural products; Prophetic medicine; Safety; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857482097     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2012.04     Document Type: Article

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