Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicine Use Among Adults in the United States

Journal of Patient Experience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 108-113

  Rashrash, Mohamed ^a   Schommer, Jon C ^b   Brown, Lawrence M ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; complementary medicine; herbal medicine; national consumer survey; predictors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033230692     PISSN: 23743735     EISSN: 23743743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2374373517706612     Document Type: Article

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