Complementary and alternative medicine use by US adults with gastrointestinal conditions: Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1705-1711

  Dossett, Michelle L ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^a,c   Lembo, Anthony J ^a   Yeh, Gloria Y ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; STOMACH; VOMITING; WELLBEING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909949432     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.108     Document Type: Article

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