Menorrhagia-a search for epidemiological risk markers

Maturitas

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Janssen, Catharina A H ^a   Schölten, Piet C ^a   Heintz, A Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiological factors; Menorrhagia; Risk markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 19244385432     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(97)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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