Herbal remedies use by breast cancer patients in the West Bank of Palestine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 178, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Jaradat, Nidal Amin ^a   Shawahna, Ramzi ^a   Eid, Ahmad Mustafa ^a   Al Ramahi, Rowa ^a   Asma, Maes Kasem ^a   Zaid, Abdel Naser ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CAM; Ethnopharmacology; Herbal remedies; Palestine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA ALATA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAMIACEAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALESTINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ARAB; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949575534     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.11.050     Document Type: Article

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