Herbal products: Behaviors and beliefs among Italian women

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 354-359

  Zaffani, Silvana ^a   Cuzzolin, Laura ^a   Benoni, Guiseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Herbal products; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DANDELION EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EMODIN; FENNEL EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GUARANA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MALLOW EXTRACT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; THYME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ADULT; ALOE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INFORMATION; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; FENNEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; GUARANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALLOW; MEDICINAL PLANT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; STAFF TRAINING; TEA; THYME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALERIANA;

ADULT; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 33744493938     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1190     Document Type: Article

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