Are Users of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sicker than Non-Users?
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Are Users of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sicker than Non-Users?
Higher utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), both in cross-sections and over time, is commonly related to better socioeconomic status and to increased dissatisfaction with conventional medicine and its values. Little is known about health differences between users and non-users of CAM. The objective of the paper is to explore the difference in health measured by the SF-36...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel076