Knowledge, attitude, practice and management of traditional medicine among people of Shopa Bultum, Southeast Ethiopia

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 152-170

  Wolde Mariam, Messay ^a   Yarlagadda, Raghavendra ^a   Misha, Gemedo ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Herbal medicine; Shopa bultum; Traditional medical practitioner; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEMORRHOID; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCOME; JAUNDICE; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; SELF MEDICATION; SPIRITUAL HEALING; THERAPY DELAY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907155817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09758585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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