Menstrual cycle characteristics and predictability of ovulation of Bhutia women in Sikkim, India

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Williams, Sharon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycles; Ovulation; Urinary hormones; Women's health

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLISM; OVULATION; OVULATION PREDICTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INDIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OVULATION; OVULATION PREDICTION; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 33745331960     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.25.85     Document Type: Article

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