Assessment of general public perceptions toward traditional medicines used for aphrodisiac purpose in state of Penang, Malaysia

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-260

  Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Saleem, Fahad ^a   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^a   Al Qazaz, Harith Khalid ^a   Farooqui, Maryam ^b   Aljadhey, Hisham ^c   Atif, Muhammad ^a   Masood, Imran ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Penang; Perception; Traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; APHRODISIACS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867329369     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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