Dysmenorrhea

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-292

  French, Linda ^a,b,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DANAZOL; DICLOFENAC; FISH OIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IBUPROFEN; LEUPRORELIN; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TERBUTALINE; THIAMINE; TOKISHAKUYAKU SAN;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; NULLIPARA; PELVIC NERVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RISK FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 12344316874     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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