Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 5-13 , January 2005

Use of complementary and alternative medicine among American women

  • Dawn M. Upchurch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Dawn M. Upchurch, UCLA School of Public Health, 650 Charles Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1722
    • ,
  • Laura Chyu, MA

      Affiliations

    • UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California

Received 18 March 2004 ,Revised 14 July 2004 ,Accepted 27 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2004.08.010

Women's Health Issues
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 5-13 , January 2005

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