The utilisation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among ethnic minorities in South Korea

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hwang, Jung H ^a   Han, Dong W ^a,b   Yoo, Eun K ^b   Kim, Woon Yong ^b  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GINSENG; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KOREAN MEDICINE; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOXIBUSTION; MUSHROOM; PREVALENCE; QIGONG; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SOUTH KOREA; YOGA; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PHYTOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SELF CARE; VITAMINS;

EID: 84899145275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-103     Document Type: Article

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