Herbal product use by Hispanic surgical patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Rivera, José O ^a,c   Chaudhuri, Kallol ^b   González Stuart, Armando ^a   Tyroch, Alan ^b   Chaudhuri, Swapna ^b  

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

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANISE OIL; CHAMOMILE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAVA; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 14944342583     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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