Women's use of complementary medicine to enhance fertility: The views of fertility specialists in Victoria, Australia: Clinical-Scientific Note

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-

  Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Forster, Della ^a   McLachlan, Helen Louise ^a   Kealy, Michelle ^a   Pirotta, Marie ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Fertility enhancement; Fertility specialists

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF MEDICATION; YOGA; INFERTILITY;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; VICTORIA;

EID: 77953849459     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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