Indian cancer patients’ use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) and delays in presentation to hospital

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-107

  Broom, Alex ^a   Nayar, K R ^b   Tovey, Philip ^c   Shirali, Rashmi ^d   Thakur, Rakesh ^e   Seth, Tulika ^e   Chhetri, Prem ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute   (India)

^e GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^f RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; AYURVEDA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85000717764     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2009.24     Document Type: Article

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