Impact of Immigration on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hispanic Patients

Brett White; Lyndee Knox; Monica Zepeda; Dennis Mull; Felix Nunez

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080210

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Impact of Immigration on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hispanic Patients

Brett White, Lyndee Knox, Monica Zepeda, Dennis Mull and Felix Nunez

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2009, 22 (3) 337-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080210

Brett White

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Lyndee Knox

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Monica Zepeda

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Dennis Mull

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Felix Nunez

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Reasons for Use in Patients Reporting the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (n = 109)
Illness Category Patients (%)
Digestive 47.2
No illness 23.1
Nervous 17.6
Immune 16.7
Circulatory 11.1
Endocrine 11.1
Reproductive 9.3
Skeletal 7.4
Urinary 3.7
Muscular 2.8
Cardiovascular 0.9
Other 1.9

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Brett White, Lyndee Knox, Monica Zepeda, Dennis Mull, Felix Nunez

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2009, 22 (3) 337-338; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080210

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Brett White, Lyndee Knox, Monica Zepeda, Dennis Mull, Felix Nunez

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2009, 22 (3) 337-338; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080210

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Illness Category	Patients (%)
Digestive	47.2
No illness	23.1
Nervous	17.6
Immune	16.7
Circulatory	11.1
Endocrine	11.1
Reproductive	9.3
Skeletal	7.4
Urinary	3.7
Muscular	2.8
Cardiovascular	0.9
Other	1.9