Treating infertility: A holistic approach

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-171

  Horowitz, Sala ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; BUSHEN SHENGJING; CHINESE DRUG; CIGARETTE SMOKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HACHIMIJIOGAN; HEAVY METAL; HELONIAS DIOICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLASTIC; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES EXTRACT; PYGEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SWARNA VASANT MALTI; TOXIN; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; ZHI BAI DI HUANG WAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AYURVEDA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES; REVIEW; STRESS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33750954956     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2006.12.165     Document Type: Review

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