Complementary and alternative medicine use among breast cancer patients in a tertiary hospital in malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Raja Lexshimi, R G ^a   Oranye, N O ^b   Ho, S E ^a   Zuraida, J ^a   Zulkifli, S Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Malaysia; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882966070     PISSN: 16750306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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