Knowledge, attitude and practice toward complementary and traditional medicine among Kashan health care staff, 2012

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-132

  Adib Hajbaghery, Mohsen ^a   Hoseinian, Masoumeh ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Complementary medicine; Iran; Knowledge; Medical staff

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STAFF;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894248754     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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