Problems related to menstruation amongst adolescent girls

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Sharma, Pragya ^a   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Taneja, D K ^a   Saha, Renuka ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Menarche; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; DECREASED APPETITE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INDIA; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MENSTRUATION; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44649149586     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0018-5     Document Type: Article

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