Complementary and alternative medicine use in African Americans with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-189

  Tamhane, Ashutosh ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a   Redden, David T ^a   Hughes, Laura B ^a   Brown, Elizabeth E ^a   Westfall, Andrew O ^a   Conn, Doyt L ^b   Jonas, Beth L ^c   Smith, Edwin A ^d   Brasington, Richard D ^e   Moreland, Larry W ^f   Bridges Jr , S Louis ^a   Callahan, Leigh F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893382301     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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