Aromatherapy for health care: An overview of systematic reviews

Maturitas

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-260

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a,b   Choi, Jiae ^a   Posadzki, Paul ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Aromatherapy; Effectiveness; Evidence; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84862832568     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.12.018     Document Type: Review

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