Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among Non-Hispanic White, Mexican American, and Vietnamese American patients with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1941-1955

  Nguyen, Hannah ^a   Sorkin, Dara H ^b   Billimek, John ^b   Kaplan, Sherrie H ^b   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b   Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Doctor patient communication; Mexican; Minority populations; Type 2 diabetes; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VIET NAM;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; VIETNAM;

EID: 84911385262     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0178     Document Type: Article

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