Use of herbal/natural supplements according to racial/ethnic group

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-561

  Kelly, Judith Parsells ^a   Kaufman, David W ^a   Kelley, Katherine ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BIOFLAVONOID; CENTRUM; CHINESE DRUG; CHONDROITIN; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ENZYME; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; LYCOPENE; MEGA MEN MULTIVITAMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SHAKLEE MENOPAUSE BALANCE COMPLEX; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750629197     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.555     Document Type: Article

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