Knowledge and attitudes of lay public, pharmacists, and physicians toward the use of herbal products in north Jordan

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1186-1187

  Khader, Yousef ^a   Sawair, Faleh A ^b   Ayoub, Abeer ^a   Ayoub, Nehad ^a   Burgan, Samar Z ^b   Amarin, Zouhair ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA; HERBAL MEDICINE; JORDAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 58149229343     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0282     Document Type: Letter

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