Effects of Calcium Supplement Therapy in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Ghanbari, Zinat ^a   Haghollahi, Fedieh ^a   Shariat, Mamak ^a   Foroshani, Abbas Rahimi ^a   Ashrafi, Maryam ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baghiatallah Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

calcium supplementation; female students; premenstrual syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651108892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60271-0     Document Type: Article

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