Prevalence of the use of herbal products in a low-income population

Family Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 252-257

  Planta, Margaret ^a,b   Gundersen, Berit ^a   Petitt, John C ^a  

^a SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POVERTY;

EID: 0034083322     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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