Factors associated with herbal therapy use by adults in the United States

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 22-29

  Gardiner, Paula ^a,b   Graham, Robert ^c   Legedza, Anna T R ^a,b   Ahn, Andrew C ^a   Eisenberg, David M ^a,b   Phillips, Russell S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHINACEA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HERB; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947269970     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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