Ginger: An overview

American Family Physician

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1689-1691

  White, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; GINGER EXTRACT; WARFARIN;

ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; GINGER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MOTION SICKNESS; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GINGER; HUMANS; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VOMITING;

EID: 34250764842     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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