Predictors of Hysterectomy as a Treatment for Menstrual Symptoms

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-327

  Graham, Melissa ^a   James, Erica L ^b   Keleher, Helen ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MYOMA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45849092612     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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