Coprescription of Chinese herbal medicine and Western medications among prostate cancer patients: A population-based study in Taiwan

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chiu, Jen Hwey ^a,c   Lin, Yi Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Kuang Kuo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; CHINESE DRUG; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DA HUANG; DOXAZOSIN; DRUG; DU HUO JI SHENG TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JI SHENG SHEN QI WAN; JIE GENG; MA ZI REN WAN; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METFORMIN; PARACETAMOL; PING WEI SHEN; SENNOSIDE; SHU JING HUO XUE TANG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAMSULOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WESTERN DRUG; WU WEI ZI; XUE FU ZHU YU TANG; YAN HU SUO; ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052771756     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/147015     Document Type: Article

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