Chronic pelvic pain in New Zealand: Prevalence, pain severity, diagnoses and use of the health services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-375

  Grace, Victoria M ^a   Zondervan, Krina T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEW ZEALAND; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 12344268779     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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