Relationship between premenstrual tension syndrome and anxiety in Chinese adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-249

  Chau, Janita P C ^a,b   Chang, Anne M ^a   Chang, Allan M Z ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; PMS; Premenstrual tension syndrome; Stress; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032030647     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00206-1     Document Type: Article

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