Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in a community population in Lao PDR

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 95-100

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Sydara, Kongmany ^d   Pengpid, Supa ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Institute of Traditional Medicine   (Laos)

Author keywords

Community setting; Complementary medicine; Lao PDR; Traditional medicine; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; CURCUMA XANTHORRHIZA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOUT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAOS; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; MORINGA; MORINGA PTERYGOSPERMA; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YOGA;

EID: 84982191376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v13i3.12     Document Type: Article

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