Translation and adaptation of an international questionnaire to measure usage of complementary and alternative medicine (I-CAM-G)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Re, Meike Lo ^a   Schmidt, Stefan ^b,c   Güthlin, Corina ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; I CAM Q QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF HELP; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

EID: 84871186000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-259     Document Type: Article

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