Remedies for Children Constipation in Medieval Persia

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-143

  Nimrouzi, Majid ^a   Sadeghpour, Omid ^b   Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi ^c   Shams Ardekani, Mohammadreza ^a   Zarshenas, Mohammad Mehdi ^c   Salehi, Alireza ^c   Minaei, Mohamad Bagher ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

children; constipation; traditional Persian medicine

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; IRAN; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL PERSIAN MEDICINE;

CHILDREN; CONSTIPATION; TRADITIONAL PERSIAN MEDICINE;

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL;

EID: 84898839459     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214524579     Document Type: Article

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