Physical symptoms after childbirth: Prevalence and associations with self-rated health

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-217

  Schytt, Erica ^a,c   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b   Waldenström, Ulla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Intl Maternal and Child Health ^*  (Sweden)

^c Center for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTITIS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SHOULDER PAIN; STOMACH PAIN; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 13244277617     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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