The effect of ginger biscuit on nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Basirat, Zahra ^a   Moghadamnia, Ali A ^a   Kashifard, Mehrdad ^a   Sarifi Razavi, Atena ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biscuit; Ginger; Nausea; Pregnancy; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GINGER; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; POWDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 62549141504     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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