Use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) among type 2 diabetes patients in Sri Lanka: A cross sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Medagama, Arjuna B ^a   Bandara, Ruwanthi ^b   Abeysekera, Rajitha A ^b   Imbulpitiya, Buddhini ^b   Pushpakumari, Thamudika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Teaching Hospital Peradeniya   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bitter gourd; Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM); Crepe ginger; Fenugreek; Ivy gourd; Salacia reticulata; Type 2 Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METFORMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHEILOCOSTUS SPECIOSUS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84925285971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-374     Document Type: Article

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