The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hughes, Gail D ^a   Aboyade, Oluwaseyi M ^a   Clark, Bobby L ^b   Puoane, Thandi R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Clark and Associates Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873938358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-38     Document Type: Article

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