Clinical outcomes for cancer patients using complementary and alternative medicine

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Chan, Alexandre ^a   Lin, Tay Hui ^a   Shih, Vivianne ^b   Ching, Tan Huey ^b   Chiang, Joen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861170129     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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