Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine for fertility enhancement: A review of the literature

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 685-690

  Rayner, Jo Anne ^a   Willis, Karen ^b   Burgess, Rebekah ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE;

EID: 79960788363     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0435     Document Type: Review

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