Complementary and alternative medicine use among US cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 850-864

  John, Gabriella M ^a   Hershman, Dawn L ^a,b,c   Falci, Laura ^a   Shi, Zaixing ^a   Tsai, Wei Yann ^a,c   Greenlee, Heather ^a,c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Healthcare costs; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975701581     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-016-0530-y     Document Type: Article

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