Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with cancer or multiple sclerosis: Possible public health implications

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 225-229

  Salamonsen, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES;

EID: 84966440626     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv184     Document Type: Article

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