Ethnic differences in herb and vitamin/mineral use in the elderly

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1019-1023

  Raji, Mukaila A ^a,b,c   Kuo, Yong Fang ^d   Al Snih, Soham ^d   Sharaf, Belal M ^d,e   Loera, Jose A ^d  

^a Memory Loss Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Sealy Center on Aging   (United States)

^e Medical Clinics of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; Herbs; Minerals; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MINERAL; SABAL EXTRACT; VINEGAR; VITAMIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH SURVEY; HERB; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SABAL; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINERALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TEXAS; VITAMINS;

EID: 18844420043     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E506     Document Type: Article

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