Distributions of usage and the costs of conventional medicine and traditional Chinese medicine for lung cancer patients in Taiwan

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liao, Yueh Hsiang ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^b,c   Li, Tsai Chung ^a,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHINESE MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84881392915     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/984876     Document Type: Article

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