Complementary medicine use in the Australian population: Results of a nationally-representative cross-sectional survey

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Steel, Amie ^a,b   McIntyre, Erica ^a   Harnett, Joanna ^a,c   Foley, Hope ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   Wardle, Jon ^a   Frawley, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Endeavour College of Natural Health (Brisbane)   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85055893567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35508-y     Document Type: Article

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