PMS after 40: Persistence of a Stress-Related Symptom Pattern

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-340

  Woods, Nancy Fugate ^a   Lentz, Martha ^a   Mitchell, Ellen Sullivan ^a   Heitkemper, Margaret ^a   Shaver, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Cardiovascular; Catecholamines; Premenstrual syndrome; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031201385     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(199708)20:4<329::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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