Herbal Remedies in a Nicaraguan Barrio

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 278-282

  Ailinger, Rita L ^a   Molloy, Suzanne ^a   Zamora, Lydia ^b   Benavides, Carmen ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural competence; herbal remedies; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

BASIL EXTRACT; CASHEW EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CORIANDER EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; BASIL; CINNAMON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIANDER; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HONEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OTALGIA; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WASP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYTOTHERAPY; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4644297867     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604268936     Document Type: Article

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