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. 2010 Aug;35(8):461-8.

Current Issues Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States: Part 1: The Widespread Use of CAM and the Need for Better-Informed Health Care Professionals to Provide Patient Counseling

C Lee Ventola

Current Issues Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States: Part 1: The Widespread Use of CAM and the Need for Better-Informed Health Care Professionals to Provide Patient Counseling

C Lee Ventola. P T. 2010 Aug.
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Figure 1
Use of complementary and alternative medicine among adults and children in the U.S. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008(12): 1–24.2)
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Figure 2
Use of complementary and alternative medicine by race and ethnicity among adults, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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Figure 3
Diseases and conditions for which complementary and alternative medicine was most frequently used among children, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]: 1–24.2)
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Figure 4
The 10 most common complementary and alternative therapies used by children, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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Figure 5
The 10 most common complementary and alternative therapies used by adults, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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Figure 6
The 10 most commonly used natural products among adults, 2002. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. National Institutes of Health, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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Figure 7
The most commonly used natural products among children, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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Figure 8
Diseases and conditions for which complementary medicine was most frequently used by adults, 2007. (From the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008; and Barnes PM, et al. CDC Natl Health Statistics Rep 2008[12]:1–24.2)
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