Prevalence of use of herbal products by adults in the Minneapolis/St Paul, Minn, metropolitan area

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 688-694

  Harnack, Lisa J ^a   Rydell, Sarah A ^a   Stang, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAVA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRATAEGUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPHEDRA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; GINSENG; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SABAL; SILYBUM MARIANUM; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034954353     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.7.688     Document Type: Article

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