Quality of life among women undergoing hysterectomies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 915-921

  Rowe, Melissa K ^a   Kanouse, David E ^b   Mittman, Brian S ^b   Bernstein, Steven J ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0033030309     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00541-9     Document Type: Article

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