Usage of complementary medicine in Switzerland: Results of the Swiss health survey 2012 and development since 2007

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Klein, Sabine D ^a   Torchetti, Loredana ^a   Frei Erb, Martin ^a   Wolf, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; CHINESE MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84949977101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141985     Document Type: Article

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