Primary dysmenorrhoea: A comparative study on Australian and Chinese women

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Zhu, Xiaoshu ^a   Bensoussan, Alan ^b   Zhu, Lin ^c   Qian, Jing ^d   Xu, Meiyan ^e   Zhou, Chunxiang ^f   Chao, Peixia ^g   Lo, Singkai ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Women and Children's Hospital of Changzhou   (China)

^d YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JIANGYIN PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^g Changzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^h Faculty of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian and Chinese women; Comparison study; Primary dysmenorrhoea; Traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; QI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65049086574     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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