Association between consultations with complementary/alternative medicine practitioners and menopause-related symptoms: A cross-sectional study

Climacteric

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 551-558

  Peng, W ^a   Adams, J ^a   Hickman, L ^a   Sibbritt, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CAM practitioner; Complementary and alternative medicine; hysterectomy; menopause; oophorectomy; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTOR; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT SWEAT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOT FLASHES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84932125093     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2014.989828     Document Type: Article

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