Premenstrual syndrome and the use of alternative therapies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 997, Issue , 2003, Pages 330-340

  Domoney, C L ^a   Vashisht, A ^a   Studd, J W W ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; CAM; Complementary therapy; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; YOGA; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642364488     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1290.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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