Understanding CAM use in Lebanon: Findings from a national survey

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2018, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Kharroubi, Samer ^a   Chehab, Rana F ^b   El Baba, Chirine ^a   Alameddine, Mohamad ^a,c   Naja, Farah ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOHAMMED BIN RASHID UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL MODEL;

EID: 85050777092     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2018/4169159     Document Type: Article

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