Herbal medicine use during pregnancy in a group of Australian women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   Denning, Angela ^b   Wills, Gemma ^b   Bolger, Melissa ^c   McCarthy, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RASPBERRY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE HERB; COMMON COLD; CRANBERRY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASPBERRY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 33747366934     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-6-21     Document Type: Article

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