Epidemiology of menstrual disorders in developing countries: A systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-16

  Harlow, Siobán D ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMENORRHEA; BACKACHE; COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LEBANON; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POLYMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 1242351799     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00012.x     Document Type: Review

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