Investigating the relationship between emergency departments and complementary and alternative medicine use in Australia

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 378-381

  Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Adams, Jon ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UK Australian Complementary M R G   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 9244231206     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00639.x     Document Type: Note

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