Open AccessComplementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Substitution for Conventional Therapy by HIV-Infected Patients
Author(s) -
An-Fu Hsiao,
Mitchell D. Wong,
David E. Kanouse,
Rebecca L. Collins,
Honghu H. Liu,
Ronald Andersen,
Allen L. Gifford,
J. Allen McCutchan,
Samuel A. Bozzette,
Martin F. Shapiro,
Neil S. Wenger
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00126334-200306010-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , adverse effect , confidence interval , cross sectional study , odds , alternative medicine , family medicine , intensive care medicine , logistic regression , pathology
HIV-infected patients commonly use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), but it is not known how often CAM is used as a complement or as a substitute for conventional HIV therapy.