A systematic review of insomnia and complementary medicine

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Sarris, Jerome ^a,b   Byrne, Gerard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN; VALERIAN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MASSAGE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAI CHI; YOGA;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TRYPTOPHAN; VALERIAN;

EID: 79951771562     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.04.001     Document Type: Review

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