The use of folk remedies among children in an urban black community: Remedies for fever, colic, and teething

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Smitherman, Lynn C ^a   Janisse, James ^b   Mathur, Ambika ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Children; Folk medicine; Urban

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; BENZOCAINE; CHAMOMILE; COPPER; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAGEL; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COLIC; EDUCATION; EGG; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH ERUPTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WHISKEY; BATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEPETA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

2-PROPANOL; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BATHS; BENZOCAINE; COLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICHIGAN; NEPETA; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 20344407839     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1443     Document Type: Article

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