Use of animal products in traditional Chinese medicine: Environmental impact and health hazards

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-122

  Still, J ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BILE ACID; CAFFEINE; CHINESE DRUG; CHONDROITIN; EPHEDRINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEAD; MERCURY; PHENACETIN; SALICYLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BILE; BONE TISSUE; BREEDING; BUFFALO; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG QUALITY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPILEPSY; HEALTH HAZARD; HORN; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGITIS; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PENIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SNAKE; STROKE; TESTIS; TIGER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0038819147     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00055-4     Document Type: Article

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