An ethnomedicinal survey on phytotherapy with professionals and patients from Basic Care Units in the Brazilian Unified Health System

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 428-437

  Oliveira, Simone Gomes Dias ^a   De Moura, Flávio Renato Reis ^b   Demarco, Flávio Fernando ^a   Nascente, Patrícia Da Silva ^a   Pino, Francisco Augusto Burkert Del ^a   Lund, Rafael Guerra ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnomedicinal survey; Malva sylvestris; Medicinal plants; Unified Health System

Indexed keywords

ACHYROCLINE; ACHYROCLINE SATUREIOIDES; ADULT; ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ANISE; ARTICLE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS GENISTELLOIDES; BRAZIL; CISSUS; CISSUS SICYOIDES; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PEUMUS BOLDUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTAGO; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TANACETUM VULGARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TOOTHACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

MALVA SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84858008803     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.054     Document Type: Article

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