Factors associated with the use of complementary medicine and non-pharmacological interventions in symptomatic menopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Daley, A ^a   MacArthur, C ^a   McManus, R ^a   Stokes Lampard, H ^a   Wilson, S ^a   Roalfe, A ^a   Mutrie, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Menopause; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMEOPATHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLEXOLOGY; RELIGION; SMOKING; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAI CHI; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIET; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749024428     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130600864074     Document Type: Article

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