Khat (Catha edulis): Health aspects of khat chewing

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 706-718

  Hassan, N A G M ^a   Gunaid, A A ^a   Murray Lyon, I M ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ATENOLOL; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; INDORAMIN; PLACEBO; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANOREXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACTATION DISORDER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASTICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLANT LEAF; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; TOOTH DISEASE; YEMEN;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASTICATION; NEOPLASMS; ORAL HEALTH; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; YEMEN;

EID: 34447638162     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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