Complementary and alternative medicine use among patients with cancer in Mongolia: A National hospital survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Oyunchimeg, Buyadaa ^a   Hwang, Jung Hye ^a,b   Ahmed, Mansoor ^b   Choi, Soojeung ^a,b   Han, Dongwoon ^a,b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Conventional treatment; Mongolia; Predictors of CAM use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85009921466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1576-8     Document Type: Article

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