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Journal article
Herbal medicine use during breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study among mothers visiting public health facilities in the Western area of Sierra Leone
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol.19(1), pp.1-11
15/03/2019
PMCID: PMC6420723
PMID: 30876454
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Abstract
Background: The use of medications, including herbal medicines during breastfeeding is always a concern among women. Currently, there is no published evidence on whether Sierra Leonean women use herbal medicine during breastfeeding. This study investigates the prevalence, correlates and pattern of herbal medicine use during breastfeeding.
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- Title
- Herbal medicine use during breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study among mothers visiting public health facilities in the Western area of Sierra Leone
- Creators
- Peter Bai James - University of Technology SydneyAngela Isata Kaikai - University of Sierra LeoneAbdulai Jawo Bah - University of Sierra LeoneAmie Steel - University of Technology SydneyJon Wardle - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol.19(1), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; London
- Identifiers
- 991012921841102368
- Copyright
- Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article