Public awareness, patterns of use and attitudes toward natural health products in Kuwait: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Awad, Abdelmoneim ^a   Al Shaye, Dana ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Herbal remedies; Kuwait; Natural health products; Patterns of use

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; MINERAL; NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; MATERIA MEDICA;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH PROMOTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KUWAIT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PROBIOTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899140020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-105     Document Type: Article

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