Menopausal symptoms and alternative medicine

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 212-220

  Dantas, Stella M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; BIOFLAVONOID; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUMULUS LUPULUS EXTRACT; PHYTOESTROGEN; PRIMROSE OIL; PROGESTERONE; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; VALERIAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA URSI; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EXERCISE; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MATRICARIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SABAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032731324     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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