The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Is

question 14

Multiple Choice

The use of complementary and alternative medicine is:

• A) decreasing from its peak in the mid-1990s.
• B) greater in the United States than anywhere else.
• C) increasing throughout the world.
• D) much greater among men than among women.

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