Herbal product use in Mexican-Americans [1]

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1281-1282

  Rivera, José O ^c   Anaya, Jaime P ^a   Meza, Armando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDINAVIR; MESCALINE; PEPPERMINT; SAQUINAVIR;

ALOE VERA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CACTUS; CELERY; CINNAMON; CORN; CORN SILK; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ECHINACEA; EPHEDRA SINICA; GARLIC; GINGER; GINSENG; HERB; HIBISCUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LEMON; LETTER; OREGANO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUE; SABAL; SCRUB; VERBASCUM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; TEXAS;

EID: 0141832632     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/60.12.1281     Document Type: Letter

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