Use and definition of herbal medicines differ by ethnicity

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1409-1413

  Bharucha, Diana X ^a   Morling, Beth A ^b   Niesenbaum, Richard A ^a  

^a MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health professional; Herbal medicines; Latino; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CANNABIS; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HAMAMELIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; PARACETAMOL; SABAL EXTRACT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARROT; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HAMAMELIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SABAL; SUNFLOWER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141669309     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C421     Document Type: Article

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