Factors associated with herbal use among urban multiethnic primary care patients: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kuo, Grace M ^a   Hawley, Sarah T ^b   Weiss, L Todd ^a   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^c   Volk, Robert J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIGRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 10444285202     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-4-18     Document Type: Article

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