Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positivelyl with Erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 710-713

  Clancy, Kathryn B H ^a   Nenko, Ilona ^b   Jasienska, Grazyna ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDOMETRIUM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ENDOMETRIUM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUATION; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 33748750618     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20538     Document Type: Article

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