The association between socioeconomic status and traditional chinese medicine use among children in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shih, Chun Chuan ^a,b,f   Liao, Chien Chang ^c,d   Su, Yi Chang ^b   Yeh, Tsu F ^e   Lin, Jaung Geng ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Taipei Chinese Medical Association   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862823157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-27     Document Type: Article

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