Susceptibility to Nausea and Motion Sickness as a Function of the Menstrual Cycle

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-335

  Matchock, Robert L ^a   Levine, Max E ^b   Gianaros, Peter J ^c   Stern, Robert M ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTION; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; NAUSEA PROFILE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS OF MOTION SICKNESS QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 45849102373     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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