WHO systematic review of prevalence of chronic pelvic pain: A neglected reproductive health morbidity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Latthe, Pallavi ^a   Latthe, Manish ^b   Say, Lale ^c   Gülmezoglu, Metin ^c   Khan, Khalid S ^d  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Tower Hill Medical Centre ^*  (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NEGLECT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC PAIN; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33747414455     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-177     Document Type: Article

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