Characteristics and health perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine users in the United States

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-144

  Laiyemo, Maryam A ^a   Nunlee Bland, Gail ^b   Lombardo, Frederic A ^a   Adams, R George ^b   Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Integrated medicine; Unconventional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHIROPRACTIC; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES; YOGA; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923643709     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000363     Document Type: Article

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