Herbal remedies used by selected migrant farmworkers in El Paso, Texas

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Poss, Jane ^a   Pierce, Rebecca ^a   Prieto, Veronica ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CAMPHOR; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; LOPERAMIDE; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; SABAL EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALOE VERA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CINNAMON; COMMON COLD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; EUCALYPTUS; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HERB; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; MIGRANT WORKER; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; OREGANO; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SABAL; SCRUB; SKIN IRRITATION; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; TACHYCARDIA; TEA; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERBASCUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 16244386196     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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