Self-prescribed complementary and alternative medicine use for back pain amongst a range of care options: Results from a nationally representative sample of 1310 women aged 60-65 years

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-140

  Murthy, Vijayendra ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   Adams, Jon ^a   Broom, Alex ^a   Kirby, Emma ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Self prescribed

Indexed keywords

BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; SELF-PRESCRIBED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894241454     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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