The use of traditional herbal medication during pregnancy

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-86

  Mabina, M H ^b   Moodley, J ^a   Pitsoe, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HERB; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030965285     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559702700212     Document Type: Article

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