Complementary and alternative medicine use and absenteeism among individuals with chronic disease

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mongiovi, Jennifer ^a   Shi, Zaixing ^a   Greenlee, Heather ^a,b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Chronic disease; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dietary supplements; Employee health; Mind body practices

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HERB; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEDITATION; NEOPLASM; QIGONG; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAI CHI; YOGA; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979581709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1195-9     Document Type: Article

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