Changes in the use of complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan: A comparison study of 2007 and 2011

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 489-499

  Chang, Mei Ying ^a   Liu, Chieh Yu ^a   Chen, Hsiao Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use; Medical pluralism; National survey; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUPPING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUASHA; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; REFLEXOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUPPLEMENTATION; TAIWAN; TUINA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901936638     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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