Changes in trust and the use of Korean medicine in South Korea: a comparison of surveys in 2011 and 2014.
Background: Korean medicine (KM) has been widely used in Korea. This study aimed to assess the general perceptions of KM, to investigate the patterns of its usage in 2014, and to compare the results with those of an earlier survey from 2011. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1000 K...
| Publicado en: | BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine Vol. 17; pp. 1 - 11 |
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BioMed Central
9/16/2017
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