Complementary alternative medicine use among a sample of Muslim Jordanian oncology patients

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Akhu Zaheya, Laila M ^a   Alkhasawneh, Esraa M ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Alternative; Cancer Patients; Complementary; Jordan; Muslims

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TIME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859715904     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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