Ethnomedical (Folk) Remedies for Childhood Asthma in a Mainland Puerto Rican Community

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 982-988

  Pachter, Lee M ^a,c   Cloutier, Michelle M ^b,d,e   Bernstein, Bruce A ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UConn Health John Dempsy Hospital   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric General Thoracic and Fetal Surgery   (United States)

^d Pulmonary Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PUERTO RICO; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029134931     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170220048007     Document Type: Article

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