Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: Safety and efficacy of self-administered complementary therapies

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-196

  Tiran, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; NUX VOMICA; PEPPERMINT; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; WARFARIN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SYMPTOM; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036847373     PISSN: 13536117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ctnm.2002.0651     Document Type: Article

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