Use of complementary and alternative medicines among Malaysian cancer patients: A descriptive study

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 321-326

  Farooqui, Maryam ^a   Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^b   Shatar, Aishah Knight Abdul ^c   Farooqui, Muhammad Aslam ^d   Saleem, Fahad ^b   Haq, Noman ul ^b   Othman, Che Noriah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^d Faculty of Allied Health Sciences   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

alternative medicines; cancer; complementary therapies; disclosure; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992215201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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