The Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Dermatology Outpatients in Shiraz, Iran

The Prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Dermatology Outpatients in Shiraz, Iran

The objective of this study was to assess complementary and alternative medicine use and its related factors among Iranian dermatology outpatients. In this cross-sectional study, a self-structured questionnaire was administered to 600 dermatology outpatients. Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test, an...

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Main Authors:	Ladan Dastgheib MD, Saman Farahangiz MD, Zeinab Adelpour MD, Alireza Salehi MD, MPH, PhD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2017-10-01
Series:	Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587217705054

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