Dietary supplement use among health care professionals enrolled in an online curriculum on herbs and dietary supplements

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gardiner, Paula ^a   Woods, Charles ^a,b   Kemper, Kathi J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CREATINE; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MELATONIN; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PRASTERONE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747002193     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-6-21     Document Type: Article

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