Use of complementary and alternative medicine by older adults - A cross-sectional survey

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schnabel, Katharina ^a   Binting, Sylvia ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^b,c   Teut, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; Dietary supplements; Legal guardian; Nursing home; Older adults; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84897971801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-38     Document Type: Article

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