Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Marrakech, Morocco

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-68

  Tazi, Illias ^a   Nafil, Hatim ^a   Sifesalam, Mohamed ^a   Bouchtia, Mohamed ^a   Mahmal, Lahoucine ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARISTOLOCHIA; CANCER PATIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; NIGELLA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL HEALER; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876322588     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2012.12.007     Document Type: Letter

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