Prevalence and factors associated with the use of alternative (folk) medicine practitioners in 8 countries of the former Soviet Union

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stickley, Andrew ^a,b   Koyanagi, Ai ^b   Richardson, Erica ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a   Balabanova, Dina ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative (folk) medicine; Former Soviet Union; Medical symptoms; Prevalence; Rural residence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BELARUS; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLDOVA; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; UKRAINE; USSR; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875918604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-83     Document Type: Article

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