Gender differences in traditional chinese medicine use among adults in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shih, Chun Chuan ^a,b,c   Liao, Chien Chang ^d,e,f   Su, Yi Chang ^b   Tsai, Chin Chuan ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Chinese Medical Association   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBANIZATION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859947196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032540     Document Type: Article

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