Menstrual problems in university students: An electronic mail survey

In Vivo

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-620

  Anastasakis, Eleftherios ^a,b   Kingman, C E ^a   Lee, C A ^a   Economides, D L ^a   Kadir, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

E mail survey; Gynecological; Menstrual cycle; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 53849136963     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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