Does traditional medicine use hamper efforts at tuberculosis control in urban Peru?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 571-575

  Oeser, Clarissa C ^c   Escombe, Adrian R ^c   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Friedland, Jon S ^b   Evans, Carlton A W ^a   Moore, David A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; BALSAMITA TANACETUM EXTRACT; BETA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; EQUISETUM EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; JUGLANDACEAE JUGLANS EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM PERUVIANUS EXTRACT; LIME FRUIT EXTRACT; LYCOPERSICON LYCOPERSICUM EXTRACT; MINTHOSTACHYS MOLLIS EXTRACT; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; OREGANO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMERIA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SCORZONERA HISPANICO EXTRACT; SENECIO TEPHROSIDIOIDES EXTRACT; SESAMUM INDICUM EXTRACT; SIMABA CEDRON SIMARUBAEAE EXTRACT; UNCARIO TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIANA CERATOPHYLLA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALFALFA; ALOE VERA; ARTICLE; BALSAMITA TANACETUM; BEET; CELERY; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC DELAY; DISEASE DURATION; EQUISETUM; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; GARLIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONEY; HUMAN; JUGLANDACEAE; JUGLANDACEAE JUGLANS; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM PERUVIANUS; LIME (FRUIT); LYCOPERSICON LYCOPERSICUM; LYCOPODIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIGRATION; MINTHOSTACHYS MOLLIS; ONION; OREGANO; PERU; PLUMERIA; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSEMARY; SCORZONERA; SCORZONERA HISPANICO; SELF MEDICATION; SENECIO; SENECIO TEPHROSIDIOIDES; SESAME; SIMABA CEDRON SIMARUBAEAE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNCARIO TOMENTOSA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VALERIANA; VALERIANA CERATOPHYLLA; WATERCRESS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN MEDICINE;

EID: 24944556508     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.571     Document Type: Article

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