Use of complementary and alternative medicines for children with chronic health conditions in Lagos, Nigeria

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Oshikoya, Kazeem A ^a,b,c   Senbanjo, Idowu O ^b   Njokanma, Olisamedua F ^b   Soipe, Ayo ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CACAO EXTRACT; CINCHONA EXTRACT; COLOCASTE ANTOGUORUM EXTRACT; KHAYA IVORENSIS EXTRACT; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; SORGHUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; CHILD HEALTH; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOCASTE ANTOGUORUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; GINGER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPNOSIS; KHAYA IVORENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; NIGERIA; PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR FORMATION; SEDATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; VOMITING; WELLBEING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049087489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-66     Document Type: Article

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