Complementary alternative medicine use amongst breast cancer patients in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3125-3130

  Knight, Aishah ^a   Hwa, Yen Siew ^b   Hashim, Hasnah ^a  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer patients; Complimentary alternative medicine use; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929011983     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.8.3125     Document Type: Article

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