Disclosure of complementary medicine use to medical providers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Foley, H ^a   Steel, A ^a   Cramer, H ^a,b   Wardle, J ^a   Adams, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CINAHL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEGLECT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION BIAS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 85061263529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38279-8     Document Type: Article

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