Herbal self-medication at primary health care facilities in Trinidad

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-7

  Clement, Yuri N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; GARLIC EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT;

ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GARLIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF MEDICATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849085468     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0295     Document Type: Letter

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