Use of herbal drugs in pregnancy: A survey among 400 Norwegian women

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-380

  Nordeng, Hedvig ^a   Havnen, Gro C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complementary alternative medicine (CAM); Herbal drugs; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CHINESE DRUG; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; DANDELION EXTRACT; DIURETIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMULUS LUPULUS EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IRON; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; RASPBERRY EXTRACT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SAMBUCUS NIGRA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN; WHEAT GERM OIL;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHINESE HERB; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANBERRY; DANDELION; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOUTH INFECTION; NAUSEA; NORWAY; PARSLEY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASPBERRY; RESTLESSNESS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKIN DISEASE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NORWAY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SAFETY; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 2942750271     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.945     Document Type: Article

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