Menstrual pattern and common menstrual disorders among university students in Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 938-942

  Cakir, Murat ^a,b   Mungan, Ilke ^a   Karakas, Taner ^a   Girisken, Ilknur ^a   Okten, Aysenur ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Menarche age; Menstrual pattern

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MOTHER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 36649004952     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02489.x     Document Type: Article

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