Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use in the general population in the Czech Republic

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-28

  Pokladnikova, Jitka ^a   Selke Krulichova, Iva ^b  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CAM; Complementary therapies; Czech Republic; Epidemiologic factors; Intention; Population; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978145311     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000443712     Document Type: Article

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