Use of health services associated with increased menstrual loss in the United States

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 343-348

  Côté, Isabelle ^a   Jacobs, Philip ^a   Cumming, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037327897     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.92     Document Type: Article

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