The importance of wellness among users of complementary and alternative medicine: Findings from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a   Rainisch, Bethany Wexler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; Health care; Health promotion; Lifestyle; Sociobehavioral wellness model; Wellness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944387172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0886-y     Document Type: Article

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