Acupuncture in managing menopausal symptoms: Hope or mirage?

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 371-380

  Alfhaily, F ^a   Ewies, A A A ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hot flushes; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEPATITIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SYNCOPE; THERAPY EFFECT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548659602     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701612315     Document Type: Review

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