Herbal preparation use by patients suffering from cancer in Palestine

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Ali Shtayeh, Mohammed S ^a,b   Jamous, Rana M ^a   Jamous, Rania M ^a  

^a Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Herbal medicine; Palestine

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ARUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARABS; ARUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053642184     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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