Aromatherapy: Mythical, Magical, or Medicinal?

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-16

  Thomas, Deborah V ^a  

^a School of Nursing University of Louisville Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Aromatherapy; Complementary medicine

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

AROMATHERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

AROMATHERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETHICS, NURSING; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 0036778066     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200210000-00005     Document Type: Article

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