Menstrual irregularity and menstrual symptoms

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 173-178

  Weller, Aron ^a   Weller, Leonard ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle irregularity; Cycle regularity; Menstrual cycles; Menstrual symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PERIODICITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035992376     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280209596042     Document Type: Article

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