Folk medicine should be integrated into the conventional medical healthcare system in the Caribbean

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-288

  Mitchell, Sylvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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Indexed keywords

ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LYCOPENE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEA; TINCTURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 80855156475     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: 20427166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2011.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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