Herbal preparation use among urban emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Hung, Oliver L ^a,b   Shih, Richard D ^a,b,c   Chiang, William K ^a,b   Nelson, Lewis S ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b   Goldfrank, Lewis R ^a,b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^c MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

herbal preparation; natural remedy; plant products; poisoning; toxicology; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031042730     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03743.x     Document Type: Article

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