Premenstrual symptoms in mexican women with different educational levels

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 517-526

  Marván, María Luisa ^a   Díaz Erosa, Maricarmen ^a   Montesinos, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEXICO; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032159128     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989809599284     Document Type: Article

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