Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 149-156 , August 2009

Correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in Chicago area children with diabetes (DM)

  • Jennifer L. Miller

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 3943 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613-2521, USA. Tel.: +1 011 312 961 8306; fax: +1 011 630 416 4504.
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  • Dingcai Cao

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Department of Health Studies, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Jonathan G. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, IL, USA
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  • Rebecca B. Lipton

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 14 September 2008 ,Revised 17 June 2009 ,Accepted 17 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.06.006

Primary Care Diabetes
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