Prevalence and determinants of complementary and alternative medicine use among infertile patients in Lebanon: a cross sectional study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ghazeeri, Ghina S ^a   Awwad, Johnny T ^a   Alameddine, Mohamad ^a   Younes, Zeina M H ^a   Naja, Farah ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Infertility; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HONEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEBANON; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

EID: 84865057500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-129     Document Type: Article

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