Alternative Therapy Trends among Korean Postmenopausal Women
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Alternative Therapy Trends among Korean Postmenopausal Women
Dear Sir, Korean women are also interested in alternative therapies for postmenopausal or perimenopausal symptom relief or health improvement. There are also no guidelines for postmenopausal women who want to consider alternative therapies in Korea. The sales market for hormones in Korea, as in other countries, changed after the publication of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) results in 2002...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Menopausal Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2288-6478,2288-6761
DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.4