Use of herbal therapies among midlife Mexican women

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 585-597

  Zenk, Shannon N ^a   Shaver, Joan L F ^b   Peragallo, Nilda ^c   Fox, Patricia ^d   Chávez, Noel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PREPARATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035453170     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330127197     Document Type: Article

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