The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Lebanese Adults: Results from a National Survey

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Naja, F ^a   Alameddine, M ^a   Itani, L ^b   Shoaib, H ^a   Hariri, D ^a   Talhouk, S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFLUENZA; LEBANESE; LEBANON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84935889336     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/682397     Document Type: Review

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