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

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-64

  Gardiner, Paula ^a   Legedza, Anna ^a   Woods, Charles ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Kemper, Kathi J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Dietary supplements; Doctor patient communication; Education; Health care professional; Herbs

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; LAVENDER OIL; LINSEED OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; PRIMROSE OIL; SABAL EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 33845695278     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v06n02_05     Document Type: Article

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