A cross-sectional survey of herbal remedy taking by United Arab Emirate (UAE) citizens in Abu Dhabi

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 725-732

  AlBraik, Fatima Ali ^a   Rutter, Paul M ^b   Brown, David ^c  

^a Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Drug administration; Herbal medicines; UAE

Indexed keywords

ANISE EXTRACT; BLACK SEED EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; EMODIN; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MYRRH EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAGE EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT; THYME EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DYSMENORRHEA; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAIR DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFERTILITY; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY PAIN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MILK PRODUCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; ULCER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 48249084578     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1591     Document Type: Review

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