Stress, quality of life and physical activity in women with varying degrees of premenstrual symptomatology

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Lustyk, Mary Kathleen B ^a   Widman, Laura ^a   Paschane, Amy ^a   Ecker, Erika ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11244294680     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n03_03     Document Type: Article

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