Complementary medicines use by Australian veterans

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-111

  Ientile, Clare S ^a   Sorensen, Lene ^a   Lemanski, Lindsay ^a   Roberts, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; COD LIVER OIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; MINERAL; NICOTINAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RETINOL; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WIDOW;

EID: 23444448743     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2005.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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