Complementary Treatment of the Common Cold and Flu with Medicinal Plants - Results from Two Samples of Pharmacy Customers in Estonia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Raal, Ain ^a   Volmer, Daisy ^a   Sõukand, Renata ^b   Hratkevitš, Sofia ^a   Kalle, Raivo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Literary Museum   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; CHAMOMILLA SUAVEOLENS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMON COLD; CONSULTATION; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GARLIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GINGER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEMON; LICHEN ISLANDICUS; MALE; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOSS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONION; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASPBERRY; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMMON COLD; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874623056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058642     Document Type: Article

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