The Effect of Viola odorata Flower Syrup on the Cough of Children With Asthma: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 287-291

  Qasemzadeh, Mohammad Javad ^a   Sharifi, Hosein ^b   Hamedanian, Mohammad ^a   Gharehbeglou, Mohammad ^a   Heydari, Mojtaba ^c   Sardari, Mehdi ^b   Akhlaghdoust, Meisam ^d   Minae, Mohammad Bagher ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

asthma; children; cough; herbal medicine; traditional persian medicine; Viola odorata

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLOWER; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIOLA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; MALE; VIOLA;

EID: 84940396056     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587215584862     Document Type: Article

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