Complementary and alternative medicine utilization by a sample of infertile couples in Jordan for infertility treatment: Clinics-based survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bardaweel, Sanaa K ^a   Shehadeh, Mayadah ^a   Suaifan, Ghadeer A R Y ^a   Kilani, Maria Vanessa Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Infertility treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERB; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JORDAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASSAGE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873735313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-35     Document Type: Article

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