Expectations about alternative therapies and women with gynecological cancer

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Granai, C O ^a,b  

^a Program in Women's Oncology   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESEARCH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033039636     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199901000-00002     Document Type: Article

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