Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Women of Reproductive Age in the United States

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-47

  Johnson, Pamela Jo ^a   Kozhimannil, Katy B ^a   Jou, Judy ^a   Ghildayal, Neha ^a   Rockwood, Todd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958552671     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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