Chaste tree extract in women's health: A critical review

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Dog, Tieraona Low ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 67650930093     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2009.15304     Document Type: Review

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