Complementary therapy and obstetrics and gynaecology: A time to integrate

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 648-652

  Dooley, Michael ^a  

^a Poundbury Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Gynaecology; Integrated medicine; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; MUSIC THERAPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MENOPAUSE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33750999351     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3280105edc     Document Type: Review

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