Complementary and alternative medicine use among infertile women attending infertility specialty clinics in South Korea: does perceived severity matter?
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2727-x