Herbal medicine use among urban residents in Lagos, Nigeria

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oreagba, Ibrahim A ^a   Oshikoya, Kazeem A ^b,c   Amachree, Mercy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGBO IBA; AGBO JEDI JEDI; AJASE POKI POKI; ALOMO BITTER; DUDU OSUN SOAP; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IJEBU ODE; JOBELYN; OMEGA ROOT; OROKI; SPLINA; TOOTHPASTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOYO BITTER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION; VOMITING; HEALTH; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82055181580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-117     Document Type: Article

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