Prevalence of herbal medicine use and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Hossana Town, Southern Ethiopia: Facility based cross sectional study

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Laelago, Tariku ^a   Yohannes, Tadele ^a   Lemango, Fiseha ^a  

^a Hossana College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Factors; Herbal medicine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027937807     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S13690-016-0118-Z     Document Type: Article

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