The impact of self-perceived job stress on menstrual patterns among Taiwanese nurses

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-714

  Lin, Hsin Tsui ^a   Lin, Li Chan ^b   Shiao, Judith S C ^c  

^a Guanhsi Town Health Station   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Menstrual patterns; Nursing personnel; Self perceived job stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NURSE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NURSES; NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 36749060137     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.709     Document Type: Article

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