Prevalence of visits to five types of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners by the general population: A systematic review

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 214-220

  Cooper, Katy L ^a   Harris, Philip E ^b   Relton, Clare ^a   Thomas, Kate J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Complementary therapies; Homeopathy; Prevalence; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPRACTIC; EUROPE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HOMEOPATHY; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84887185887     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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