Attitude and use of herbal medicines among pregnant women in Nigeria

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fakeye, Titilayo O ^a   Adisa, Rasaq ^a   Musa, Ismail E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Staff Clinic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VOMITING; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DOSAGE FORMS; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74549206661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-53     Document Type: Article

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