Self-reported health characteristics and medication consumption by CAM users and nonusers: A swiss cross-sectional survey

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-47

  Simões Wüst, Ana Paula ^a   Rist, Lukas ^a   Dettling, Marcel ^b,c  

^a Paracelsus Hospital Richterswil   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84893078113     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0762     Document Type: Article

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