Is severity of premenstrual symptoms related to illness in the climacteric?

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 234-243

  Larsson, C ^a   Hallman, J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absence from work; Climacteric; Illness; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030883097     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829709080693     Document Type: Article

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