Patterns of natural herb use by Asian and Pacific Islanders

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Tanaka, Miho J ^a   Gryzlak, Brian M ^b   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^b   Nisly, Nicole L ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Botanicals; Dietary supplement use; Epidemiology; National Health Interview Survey; Pacific Islanders

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNOBOTANY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERB; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINACEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

APIS;

EID: 42449123686     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701830349     Document Type: Article

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