Knowledge and use of ethnomedical treatments for asthma among Puerto Ricans in an urban community

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Zayas, Luis E ^a   Wisniewski, Angela M ^b,c   Cadzow, Renee B ^b   Tumiel Berhalter, Laurene M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Asthma; Complementary therapies; Ethnomedicine; Folk medicine; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PUERTO RICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951491189     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1200     Document Type: Article

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