Association of Health Literacy with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adult Primary Care Patients
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the United States, it is estimated that 40% of adults utilize complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Recently, national surveys report that over 90 million adults have inadequate health literacy. To date, no study...
Main Authors: | Bains Sujeev S, Egede Leonard E |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/11/138 |
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