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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) among type 2 diabetes patients in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional survey

BACKGROUND: The incidence of chronic illnesses has increased worldwide. Diabetes is one such illness and 80% of the diabetic population lives in the developing world. There is a rapidly growing trend towards the use of Complementary and Alternative Medical practices in Diabetes. Sri Lanka is a devel...

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Autores principales:	Medagama, Arjuna B, Bandara, Ruwanthi, Abeysekera, Rajitha A, Imbulpitiya, Buddhini, Pushpakumari, Thamudika
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-374

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