Revalence and severity of dysmenorrhea: A problem related to menstruation, among first and second year female medical students

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-397

  Singh, Amita ^a   Kiran, Dukhu ^a   Singh, Harminder ^a   Nel, Bithika ^a   Singh, Prabhakar ^a   Tiwari, Pavan ^a  

^a SS Med Coll   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Dysmenorrhea; Menarche; Menstruation; PMS (premenstrual syndrome); Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSMENORRHEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67650523486     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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