Use of herbal remedies by Hispanic patients: Do they inform their physician?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 566-578

  Howell, Laura ^b   Kochhar, Komal ^a   Saywell Jr , Robert M ^a   Zollinger, Terrell ^a   Koehler, Julie ^c   Mandzuk, Christina ^a   Sutton, Brittany ^a   Sevilla Martir, Javier ^a   Allen, Deborah ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750946596     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.566     Document Type: Article

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