Bi-National evaluation of herbal product use on the United States/ México border

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 91-106

  Rivera, José O ^a,b,d   Ortiz, Melchor ^a   González Stuart, Armando ^a   Hughes, Harold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas Tech University Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Herbal products; Mexico; U.S; U.S. Mexico border population

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CHAMOMILE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACTUS; CHAPARRAL; DAMIANA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENDER BIAS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE; LEMON; LINDEN TREE; MALE; MEXICO; OREGANO; PALO AZUL; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; VERBASCUM; WORNWOOD; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149144248     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228940802142621     Document Type: Article

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