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Prevalence and pattern of alternative medicine use: the results of a household survey

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Alternative medicine (AM) encompasses all forms of therapies that fall outside the mainstream of medical practice. Its popularity is on the increase. Because previous surveys were limited and not generalizable, we estimated the prevalence, pattern and factors associated wi...

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Autores principales:	Al-Faris, Eiad A., Al-Rowais, Norah, Mohamed, Ashry Gad, Al-Rukban, Mohammed O., Al-Kurdi, Ahmed, Balla Al-Noor, Mohammed A., Al-Harby, Saleh, Sheikh, Aziz
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2008
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18299652 http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2008.4

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