Can complementary/alternative medicine be used to treat infertility?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Bennington, Linda K ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952256072     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181d76594     Document Type: Article

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