Natural health product use in Canada: Analysis of the National Population Health Survey

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Singh, Sumeet R ^a   Levine, Mitchell A H ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; Herbal; Natural health products; NPHS; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LINSEED OIL; NATURAL PRODUCT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PRIMROSE OIL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CIDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINACEA; EDUCATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33748787156     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: 17106222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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