Determinants of Women Consulting with a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioner for Pregnancy-Related Health Conditions

Women and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-144

  Steel, Amie ^a   Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   Broom, Alex ^b   Gallois, Cindy ^b   Frawley, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897874860     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2013.876488     Document Type: Article

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