Prescription patterns of Chinese herbal products for post-surgery colon cancer patients in Taiwan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 702-708

  Chao, Te Hsin ^a,b   Fu, Pin Kuei ^a,c   Chang, Chiung Hung ^a,d   Chang, Shih Ni ^a   Chiahung Mao, Frank ^b   Lin, Ching Heng ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal formula (CHF); Colon cancer; Prescription patterns; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905097828     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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