Recent trends in use of herbal and other natural products

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Kelly, Judith P ^a   Kaufman, David W ^a   Kelley, Katherine ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Anderson, Theresa E ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13444268971     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.3.281     Document Type: Article

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