Prevalence and productivity impact of primary dysmenorrhea in brazilian women - DISAB Study;Prevalência de dismenorréia primária e seu impacto sobre a produtividade em mulheres brasileiras - Estudo DISAB

Revista Brasileira de Medicina

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 250-253

  Passos, Roberta Benitez Freitas ^a   Araújo, Denizar Vianna ^a   Ribeiro, Camila Pepe ^a   Marinho, Talita ^a   Fernandes, César Eduardo ^b  

^a MedInsight   (Brazil)

^b FMABC de Santo André SP

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Prevalence; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DYSMENORRHEA; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MENARCHE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SCREENING; VOMITING;

EID: 51549115040     PISSN: 00347264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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