Australians with osteoarthritis; the use of and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicines

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 237-242

  Basedow, Martin ^a,b   Runciman, William B ^b,c,d   March, Lyn ^e   Esterman, Adrian ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Australian Patient Safety Foundation   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Complementary and alternative medicine; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84920046967     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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