A longitudinal study of risk factors for the occurrence, duration and severity of menstrual cramps in a cohort of college women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1134-1142

  Harlow, Siobán D ^a   Park, Meekyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; BODY WEIGHT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029801533     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09597.x     Document Type: Article

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