Usage patterns and adverse experiences in traditional Korean medicine: Results of a survey in South Korea

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shin, Hyeun Kyoo ^a   Jeong, Soo Jin ^a   Huang, Dae S ^a   Kang, Byoung Kab ^a   Lee, Myeong S ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHIROPRACTIC; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPPING THERAPY; FACE EDEMA; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; KOREAN MEDICINE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PRURITUS; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH PAIN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84888369681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-340     Document Type: Article

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