Menstruation among adolescent girls in Malaysia: A cross-sectional school survey

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 869-874

  Lee, Lai Kah ^a   Chen, P C Y ^a   Lee, K K ^c   Kaur, J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Clinical Sciences Section

^c Seremban Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dysmenorrhoea; Female adolescents; Menstruation; Premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CONSULTATION; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALAYSIA; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749481702     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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