Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use and health literacy in general practice patients in urban and regional Australia

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 315-320

  von Conrady, Dora M ^a,b   Bonney, Andrew ^b  

^a Huon Valley Health Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018358676     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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