Prevalence and severity of premenstrual symptoms among Iranian female university students

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-208

  Bakhshani, Nour Mohammad ^a   Mousavi, Mahnaz Nowroozi ^b   Khodabandeh, Golbahar ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749091387     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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