The use of complementary and alternative medicine by irish pediatric cancer patients

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 537-542

  O'Connor, Niamh ^a   Graham, Donna ^a   O'Meara, Anne ^a   Devins, Mary ^a   Jennings, Valerie ^a   O'Leary, Denise ^a   O'Reilly, Maeve ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cancer; complementary and alternative medicine; hematology; oncology; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MINERAL; STEROID; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; SARCOMA; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885117821     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31829f408a     Document Type: Article

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