Use and toxicity of complementary and alternative medicines among patients visiting emergency department: Systematic review

Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 191-197

  Jatau, Abubakar Ibrahim ^a   Aung, Myat Moe Thwe ^a   Kamauzaman, Tuan Hairulnizam Tuan ^b   Chedi, Basheer A Z ^c   Sha’aban, Abubakar ^d   Rahman, Ab Fatah Ab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Emergency department; Prevalence; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014248169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21468397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/jice.20160223105521     Document Type: Review

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