Perceived efficacy of herbal remedies by users accessing primary healthcare in Trinidad

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Clement, Yuri N ^a   Morton Gittens, Jamie ^a   Basdeo, Luke ^a   Blades, Alexander ^a   Francis, Marie Joanna ^a   Gomes, Natalie ^a   Janjua, Meer ^a   Singh, Adelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIA PELTATA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CITRUS LIMETTA EXTRACT; CORDIDA CYLINDRISTACHYA EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KALANCHOE PINNATA EXTRACT; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; NEUROLAENA LOBATA EXTRACT; NONI JUICE; PARACETAMOL; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA ALATA EXTRACT; STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS EXTRACT; SWEET ORANGE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CECROPIA PELTATA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; CITRUS LIMETTA; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIDA CYLINDRISTACHYA; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ERYNGIUM; ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCOME; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; KALANCHOE; KALANCHOE PINNATA; LEONOTIS NEPETIFOLIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPEROMIA; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENNA; SENNA ALATA; SOCIAL STATUS; STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS; SWEET ORANGE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEAKNESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33847288373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-4     Document Type: Article

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