Natural products used for asthma treatment in children living in Salvador-BA, Brazil;Produtos naturais utilizados para tratamento de asma em crianças residentes na cidade de Salvador-BA, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-599

  dos Costa, Ryan S ^a   Brasil, Tamires C ^a   de Santos, Carla J ^a   Santos, Djanilson B ^b   Barreto, Maurício L ^a   Neves, Neuza M Alcântara ^a   de Figueiredo, Camila A V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnopharmacology; Medicine knowledge

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; ONION EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; GARLIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ONION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

EID: 77957577513     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-695x2010000400020     Document Type: Article

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