Which CAM modalities are worth considering?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 585-590

  Zoorob, Roger ^a   Chakrabarty, Sangita ^b   O'Hara, Heather ^b   Kihlberg, Courtney ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SOYBEAN EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOYBEAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; YOGA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; CASE REPORT; CONTRAINDICATIONS; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907542576     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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