Complementary and alternative medicine use among Hispanics in the United States

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 994-1004

  Ortiz, Blanca I ^a   Shields, Kelly M ^b   Clauson, Kevin A ^a   Clay, Patrick G ^c,d  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dybedal Center for Clinical Research   (United States)

^d Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Dietary supplements; Hispanics

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CASTOR OIL; CHAMOMILE; COD LIVER OIL; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LAXATIVE; MANIKARA ZAPOTA EXTRACT; MENTA POLEO EXTRACT; MENTHA CANADENSIS EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; ORIGANUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TILIA EUROPA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YERBA BUENA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALOE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; BLEEDING; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLOVE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; GINGER; GINSENG; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART INJURY; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HERB; HISPANIC; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILLICIUM VERUM; INSOMNIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MASTALGIA; MATRICARIA; MENSTRUATION; MENTHA CANADENSIS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SAPODILLA; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; TILIA EUROPA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING; WELLBEING; YERBA BUENA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250189487     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H600     Document Type: Review

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