Alternative drug use for the climacteric in Finland

Maturitas

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-11

  Mäntyranta, Taina ^a   Hemminki, Elina ^b   Kangas, Ilka ^a   Topo, Päivi ^b   Uutela, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

alternative drugs; bee products; Finland; food supplements; menopause

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; URBAN AREA;

CLIMACTERIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

APOIDEA;

EID: 0343487708     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(97)01106-7     Document Type: Article

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