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Patterns and determinants of the use of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional study of hypertensive patients in Ghana

BACKGROUND: The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widespread and high utilization rates are associated with people who have chronic conditions like hypertension which management requires adherence to conventional treatment. Often however, the use of alternative medicines has bee...

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Autores principales:	Kretchy, Irene A, Owusu-Daaku, Frances, Danquah, Samuel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24495363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-44

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