Menstruation and amenorrhea: Opinion of Brazilian women

Contraception

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-161

  Do Amaral, Maria Clara Estanislau ^a   Hardy, Ellen ^a,b,c   Hebling, Eliana Maria ^b   Faúndes, Anibal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hormonal contraceptives; Menstruation; Qualitative study; Suppression of menstruation

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WITHDRAWAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22044454250     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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