Polypharmacy meets polyherbacy: Pharmaceutical, over-the-counter, and natural health product use among Canadian adults

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Votova, Kristine ^a   Blais, Régis ^b   Penning, Margaret J ^c   Maclure, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Nonprescription drugs; Over the counter drugs; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879584215     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.3695     Document Type: Article

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