Epidemiology of dysmenorrhoea among adolescent students in Mansoura, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 155-163

  El Gilany, A H ^a   Badawi, K ^b   El Fedawy, S ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSMENORRHEA; EGYPT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENARCHE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33644600026     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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