AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Dec 27, 2005
Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapy Use Among Chinese and Vietnamese Americans: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Effects of PatientClinician Communication
Andrew C. Ahn, MD, MPH,
Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH,
Anna T.R. Legedza, ScD,
Michael P. Massagli, PhD,
Brian R. Clarridge, PhD and
Russell S. Phillips, MD
Andrew C. Ahn, Anna T.R. Legedza, and Russell S. Phillips are with the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass. Quyen Ngo-Metzger is with Health Policy Research, University of California at Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine. Michael P. Massagli is with the Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. Brian R. Clarridge is with the Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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FIGURE 1— Frequency of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy use by language.
Note. All differences in CAM therapy use were significant (P < .0001). For each CAM therapy, differences in frequency of use by language were significant (P<.0001).
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