The quality of information on websites selling St. John's wort

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Thakor, Vijeta ^a   Leach, Matthew J ^a   Gillham, David ^a   Esterman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Hypericum; Quality; Survey; Website

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMMERCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; INTERNET; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79957946498     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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