Canadian ophthalmologists' opinions concerning complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in Glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 430-434

  Bower, Tenley N ^a   Muhsen, Sana ^b   Overbury, Olga ^a   Birt, Catherine ^b   Kasner, Oscar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; compliance; conventional therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIOXIDANT VITAMIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CANNABIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EUPHRASIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GINKGO BILOBA; GLAUCOMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOW FAT DIET; LOW SUGAR DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DIET; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; SODIUM RESTRICTION; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VEGETABLE; WALKING; WEIGHT LIFTING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; MANPOWER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907423556     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31827b139d     Document Type: Article

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