Research ArticleOriginal Research

Use of and Interests in Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Hispanic Patients of a Community Health Center

Daniel V. Ho, Jannett Nguyen, Michael A. Liu, Annie L. Nguyen and David B. Kilgore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 175-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140210

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