Towards integrating traditional medicine (TM) into National Health Care Scheme (NHCS): Assessment of TM practitioners' disposition in Lagos, Nigeria

Journal of Herbal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 90-94

  Awodele, O ^a   Agbaje, E O ^a   Ogunkeye, F A ^b   Kolapo, A G ^b   Awodele, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Herbal medicine; Herbal Pharmacovigilance; National Health Care Scheme; Nigeria; Policy; Traditional medicine practitioners

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84858075857     PISSN: 22108033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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