Prevalence of natural health product use in healthy postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-250

  Daoust, Janice L ^a   Mercer, Laura C ^a   Duncan, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural health products; Postmenopausal women; Prevalence of use

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CANADA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646799846     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000182805.91514.14     Document Type: Article

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