Hospital-based study on the use of herbal medicine in patients with coronary artery disease in Jordan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 683-687

  Omeish, Abdallah F ^a   Abbadi, Wasfi ^a   Ghanma, Issa M ^a   Drabaa, Ziad ^a   Botoosh, Foad A ^a   Seif, Ahmad ^a   Massadeh, Monther ^a  

^a King Hussein Medical Center Queen Alia Heart institute   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Hawthorn; Herbal

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; VINEGAR;

ADULT; APPLE; ARTICLE; BASIL; CABBAGE; CHINESE HERB; CLOVE; CLOVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRATAEGUS; DANDELION; DRUG MIXTURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; GARLIC; GERMANDER; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIBISCUS; HUMAN; JORDAN; LINSEED; LOQUAT; LOTUS; LUPIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGELLA; OLIVE TREE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSEMARY; TEA; THYME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRATAEGUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959734535     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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