Complementary therapies: Your questions answered Use of pineapple for induction of labour

Practising Midwife

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 33-34

  Tiran, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NOTE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PINEAPPLE; PREGNANCY;

ANANAS; BROMELAINS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70350291937     PISSN: 14613123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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