Complementary and alternative medicine use by gynecologic oncology patients in Turkey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Nazik, Evşen ^a   Nazik, Hakan ^b   Api, Murat ^b   Kale, Ahmet ^b   Aksu, Meltem ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adana Numune Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicines; Gynecologic cancer; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864881799     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.021     Document Type: Article

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