Comparing TCM textbook descriptions of menopausal syndrome with the lived experience of London women at midlife and the implications for Chinese medicine research

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 408-416

  Scheid, Volker ^a   Ward, Trina ^a   Tuffrey, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Factor analysis; Medical anthropology; Menopause; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANEMARRHENA EXTRACT; AUGMENTED RAMBLING POWDER; BUPLEURUM ROOT EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; DEGLYCYRRHIZINATED LIQUORICE; DRAGON BONE; FLOW WARMING DECOCTION; JUJUBE EXTRACT; KIDNEY QI PILL; OYSTER SHELL POWDER; PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE EXTRACT; REHMANNIA EXTRACT; SIX YELLOW DECOCTION; TANGKUEI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAT; BOOK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HOT FLASHES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955659089     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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