Herbal therapy use in a pediatric emergency department population: Expect the unexpected

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 981-985

  Lanski, Steven L ^a,b,c   Greenwald, Michael ^a,b   Perkins, Amanda ^b   Simon, Harold K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Herbal therapy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SALBUTAMOL; TURPENTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALOE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECHINACEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEWBORN; PINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPHEDRA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0037628948     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.5.981     Document Type: Article

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