Use of complementary and alternative medicines by a sample of Australian women during pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-390

  Skouteris, Helen ^b   Wertheim, Eleanor H ^a   Rallis, Sofia ^d   Paxton, Susan J ^d   Kelly, Leanne ^a   Milgrom, Jeannette ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alternative medicines; CAM; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ISPAGULA; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFECTION; LABOR; LEG CRAMP; MORNING SICKNESS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SINUSITIS; THRUSH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 50849122956     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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