Prevalence and impact of premenstrual syndrome in adolescent schoolgirls in the United Arab Emirates

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 589-598

  Rizk, Diaa ^a,c   Mosallam, Moza ^b   Alyan, Syfian ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NONE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Premenstrual syndrome; Quality of life; School; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSMENORRHEA; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 33744968429     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600556049     Document Type: Article

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