South Texas Mexican American use of traditional folk and mainstream alternative therapies

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-143

  Martinez, Leslie N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Folk remedy; Hispanic; Mexican American; South Texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149144789     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986308328513     Document Type: Article

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